Why Did the McAuliffe Administration Hire Dr. Michael Karmis?

2014-09-30

Earlier this year, the Virginia legislature passed a bill that requires the McAuliffe Administration to evaluate the costs and benefits to the state of complying with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s Clean Power Plan. That plan would require Virginia to reduce carbon emissions by 37.5% by 2030 from 2012 levels. Carbon pollution from such sources… Read more »

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Virginia FOIA re Michael Karmis PhD.

2014-09-30

September 29, 2014   Tarah Kesterson Department of Mines, Minerals and Energy (DMME) P.O. Drawer 900 Big Stone Gap, VA 24219   RE:  Request for records under the Virginia Freedom of Information Act   Dear Ms. Kesterson: My name is Scott Peterson. I am the Executive Director of the Checks and Balances Project, a government… Read more »

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Fossil Fuel Front Groups’ Flawed Poll Ignores Century of Fossil Fuel Welfare

2014-09-10

This week the American Energy Alliance and its President Thomas J. Pyle released a slanted poll meant to deliberately deceive the public by forgetting about 150 years of subsidies paid to the oil, gas, and coal industries. Its questions were carefully written to manufacture public opposition to tax credits that would spur the growth of… Read more »

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How Natural Gas Drilling Contaminates Drinking Water Sources [Infographic]

2014-09-3

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