US EPA
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Rick Perry's energy plan: drill more, pollute more, spew a lot of hot air
Rick Perry released a new attack ad and op-ed that lay out a strategy of drilling for more oil and gas and rolling back clean air and water standards.
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Republican anti-EPA jihad, explained
National Journal's Ronald Brownstein has an excellent column on the unusual party discipline of House Republicans have displayed in recent votes against EPA regulations.
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Yes, EPA regs will cost jobs: heavily subsidized, value-destroying jobs
The latest line of attack from the dirty-energy caucus has been that "54,000 direct jobs" will be lost if, as expected, new EPA regulations lead to the shuttering of around 20 percent of the U.S. coal-power fleet. The key thing to remember is that these are some of the most heavily subsidized jobs in the U.S. economy.
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How Inhofe turns balloon animals into 'news'
Sen. James Inhofe blows so much hot air about climate change, he should work children's parties.
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Strong public support for EPA efforts to reduce carbon emissions
A new poll finds widespread support for the EPA requiring reductions in carbon emissions.
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Obama pulls a Bush on clean air
A deeper look at the politics and maneuvering leading up to the most outrageous environmental offense of the Obama administration.
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Rick Perry: The EPA 'won't know what hit 'em'
Texas governor and Republican presidential candidate Rick Perry announced his intentions to make the EPA unapologetically pro-pollution.
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GOP attacks the EPA for doing its job
The GOP refuses to acknowledge that the Obama EPA is following federal laws and court orders issued when the Bush administration failed to abide by the law.
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Bachmann pledges to have the EPA's 'doors locked and lights turned off'
If Republican presidential candidate Michele Bachmann can't abolish the EPA like she promised, she may just try to lock employees out of the building