Today’s decision of the Obama administration to withdraw new ozone rules is illegal, immoral, and costly to boot.  The Clean Air Act requires the EPA to revisit its National Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS) every five years to ensure that they are adequate to protect the public health and safety.  In 2006, the Bush Administration [...]  More »

Levels of dangerous compounds associated with oil, including benzene, fell well below federally allowed limits during last year’s Gulf oil spill, and may have even been tied to engine exhaust rather than the oil slick, according to an analysis by San Francisco-based ChemRisk. The study was not funded by BP.  More »

The Obama administration is delaying the implementation of new smog rules, the fifth such delay for the rules in the past year  More »

The government spends an average of $3.3 million defending the U.S. EPA against lawsuits filed by environmental groups and business groups over the past 15 years.  More »

Texas would have faced blackouts last month had Environmental Protection Agency rules to curb interstate air pollution been in effect, according to the state’s main grid operator.  More »

The risk that an earthquake would cause a severe accident at a U.S. nuclear plant is greater than previously thought, 24 times as high in one case, according to an AP analysis of preliminary government data. The nation’s nuclear regulator believes a quarter of America’s reactors may need modifications to make them safer.  More »

Pennsylvanians overwhelmingly like the natural gas industry and favor taxing it, but are divided about whether the benefits outweigh possible environmental harm, according to a new Franklin & Marshall College poll.  More »

Chevron CEO John Watson was speaking in Houston Wednesday, but the message clearly was aimed at Washington.  More »

Chevron Corp., the second-largest U.S. energy company, said it won a $96 million judgment against Ecuador in an international arbitration case stemming from a 1990s oil-export dispute with the Latin American nation.  More »

A number of observers have been spotting oil off the Louisiana coast in past month and trying to link it to BP’s failed Macondo well. BP has said repeatedly its well isn’t leaking. Yet the oil keeps appearing.  More »

Solyndra, a California manufacturer of solar panels that received more than a half billion in federal stimulus funds, has said it will fire its more than 1,000 workers and file for bankruptcy. So much for the green jobs and prosperity that President Ob…  More »

Human behavior is increasing the frequency and severity of natural disasters, according to Jeffrey Sachs, a Columbia University economist.  More »