Category Archives: EPA

The End of Ethanol Subsidies (!/?)

Posted on January 2, 2012 by Jack Rafuse

A January 2, 2012 Washington Post editorial noted that, Congress closed 2011 without continuing two hideous ethanol subsidies.  It’s about time; now, will they stick to their guns?  Perhaps. For years, many of us argued that the $0.45 per gallon tax credit for adding ethanol … Read More

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Red Mass Group: Passing McConnell EPA Amendment Essential to Job Growth, Economic Recovery

Posted on March 31, 2011 by Jack Rafuse

A very important U.S. Senate vote is set to take place as early as tomorrow afternoon. It would end the EPA’s authority to regulate carbon dioxide, which it began doing this past January. And this means the fate of America’s … Read More

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Washington Post: Seeing economic sense on environmental rules

Posted on March 2, 2011 by Jack Rafuse

Two news stories on the same page Feb. 24 ["Global warming can be halved, study finds"; "EPA eases pollution rules for industrial boilers, incinerators"] reflect an economic and cost-effective approach that industry and some in academe have long urged but that regulatory bodies consistently seemed to spurn Read More

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