Tag: EPA
Gary Palmer opposes new EPA methane rule that punishes energy production
U.S. Rep. Gary Palmer (AL-06) is taking a stand against the Environment Protection Agency's newly proposed rule that would apply to new or modified oil...
Phil Kerpen: Stop Obama’s Clean Power grab
In President Obama’s first big speech to Congress, just a month after he took office, he said: “I ask this Congress to send me legislation...
Martha Roby: What Obama’s Clean Power Plan really means
This week, President Barack Obama announced his Clean Power Plan and with it a costly national energy tax that will negatively impact American families...
Walker says EPA should be limited “umbrella organization”
Republican presidential candidate Scott Walker said Monday he would shift most of the responsibilities of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to state-based regulators, leaving...
Email Insights: Gary Palmer challenges EPA Administrator McCarthy on overreach
Congressman Gary Palmer, a member of the Science, Space and Technology Committee, questioned EPA Administrator Gina McCarthy at a hearing today on the Environmental...
Bradley Byrne: Cutting regulations, lowering power bills
The summer months in southwest Alabama can be especially grueling with temperatures resting in the 90s. If your family is like mine, summer also...
Alabama reacts to Supreme Court rejecting EPA regulatory initiative
Monday, the U.S. Supreme Court blocked one of the Obama administration’s most aggressive environmental initiatives — an Environmental Protection Agency effort to limit certain power plant emissions —...
U.S. Supreme Court rejects president’s attempt to limit power plants
The U.S. Supreme Court ruled Monday against the Obama administration's attempt to limit power plant emissions of mercury and other hazardous air pollutants, but...
Gary Palmer backs EPA ‘overreach’ bill delaying new emissions rules
On Wednesday, U.S. Rep. Gary Palmer took part in a dual effort in Congress to stop what he called "overregulation" aimed at delaying the implementation...
White House: Action needed now to slow climate change
Failure to act on climate change could cause an estimated 57,000 deaths a year in the United States from poor air quality by 2100,...
