How Obama’s Taxpayer-Funded ‘Clean Coal’ Project Could Kill EPA Regulations

Taxpayer-funded project’s financial woes could boost legal case against power plant emissions rules

Lachlan Markay
May 3, 2016 12:00 PM

A “clean coal” project with behind-the-scenes backing from top administration officials and nearly half a billion dollars in federal subsidies intended to support the case for stringent environmental regulation may instead show why those regulations are illegal.

EPA Spent More Than $92M in Taxpayer Money on Furniture in 10 Years

Agency purchased chairs costing $6,391 each, other fancy items

Morgan Chalfant
September 28, 2015 10:30 AM

The Environmental Protection Agency has spent $92.4 million in taxpayer dollars to buy, rent, install, and store office furniture over the last 10 years.

Committee Chairman Questions EPA’s Transparency Over Doctored Video

Agency edited video of Gold King Mine spill

Elizabeth Harrington
September 17, 2015 3:56 PM

Chairman of the House Science, Space, and Technology Committee Lamar Smith (R., Texas) is questioning the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) transparency after the agency was caught editing a video of the Gold King Mine spill.

Bush-Appointed Federal Judge Blocks Obama Water Rule Citing ‘Risk of Irreparable Harm’

Morgan Chalfant
August 28, 2015 11:34 AM

A federal judge in North Dakota appointed by George W. Bush blocked an Obama administration rule Thursday that would allow the federal government to regulate certain streams and other small waterways.

House Committee Calls EPA’s Gina McCarthy Testimony ‘False and Misleading’

Committee requests McCarthy correct the record and be ‘truthful’ with American public

Ali Meyer
August 13, 2015 12:00 PM

Republican members of the House Committee on Science, Space and Technology wrote to Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Gina McCarthy and called her testimony at a hearing in July “false and misleading.”

Lawmakers Keep Heat on EPA After Massive Wastewater Spill

Colorado Senator requests oversight hearings; Arizona representative questions expanded EPA water authority

Hydrologic Technician Ryan Parker gathers water samples from the San Juan River

Lachlan Markay
August 11, 2015 5:30 PM

The Environmental Protection Agency apologized on Tuesday for leaking millions of gallons of wastewater into a Colorado river, but members of Congress from both parties say the agency needs to do more.

EPA Chief Gina McCarthy Doesn’t Know Percentage of CO2 in Atmosphere

Information is fundamental to EPA’s Regulations

Ali Meyer
July 9, 2015 2:06 PM

EPA Administrator Tells Rappers: ‘We Need You’

Gina McCarthy speaks at Broccoli festival in between rap performances

Elizabeth Harrington
April 30, 2015 5:00 AM

EPA Administrator Gina McCarthy told attendees of a music festival “we need you,” in between groups who rapped, “Looking at that white girl, trying to get that white money,” and “Got a super bad bitch, no ass, no tits, but I really do love her like shit.”

EPA Administrator to Appear at Broccoli Festival with Willow and Jaden Smith

For ‘environmental justice’

Elizabeth Harrington
April 24, 2015 5:00 AM

Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) administrator Gina McCarthy will attend an “environmental justice” Broccoli festival that features performances by Willow and Jaden Smith, who do not believe in school or the concept of time.

EPA Claims it Can’t Find Text Messages Sought in FOIA Lawsuit

Washington Free Beacon Staff
October 8, 2014 3:40 PM

The Environmental Protection Agency said in court filings Tuesday that it may have lost text messages from former EPA administrator Gina McCarthy that it was required to preserve under federal law.