Tag: Regulations

The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission recently announced a review of its pipeline approval policy. Environmental activists are divided, with some saying it marks the next step in the Trump administration's "dirty energy agenda," while other groups such as the Natural Resources Defense Council said they were encouraged by the review. (AP Photo/Nati Harnik, File)

Energy and Environment

FERC pipeline review stokes divide between environmental groups

John Siciliano · December 26, 2017 11:18 pm

A self-described "government and industry watchdog organization" has been sharply critical of Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke and his efforts to rollback Obama-era regulations. (Steve Marcus/Las Vegas Sun via AP)

Beltway Confidential

A phony green ‘watchdog’ group is attacking Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke

Kevin Mooney · December 22, 2017 6:34 pm

What America can learn from Hong Kong, and even Mauritius

lauren-tcheau, lawrence-jmcquillanand · December 20, 2017 5:01 am

In this June 12, 2014 file photo, oil pumps and natural gas burn off in Watford City, N.D. The Obama administration finalized a rule to cut methane emissions from U.S. oil and gas production by nearly half over the next decade. But the Interior Department's Bureau of Land Management under President Trump this month announced a two-year delay in implementing the Obama administration's rule, and a coalition of environmental and tribal groups are suing the government. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast, File)

Energy and Environment

Environmental, tribal groups sue Trump administration for halting Obama methane rule

Josh Siegel · December 19, 2017 7:13 pm

Despite the picture the media has painted, President Trump is rounding out his first year in office with quite a few accomplishments. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Trump is on a roll

Washington Examiner · December 19, 2017 5:01 am

Republicans are hopeful the passage of a tax reform bill Tuesday will boost President Trump's approval ratings and create a more favorable climate in 2018, making it an election year about jobs and growth rather than tweets and the Russia investigation. (Kevin Dietsch/Pool via Bloomberg)

Trump flips the script on critics who say he lacks achievements

W. James Antle III · December 19, 2017 5:01 am

The Food and Drug Administration issued draft guidance that would allow officials to step up enforcement against drugs that are incorrectly marketed or are known to cause harm. (iStock photo)

FDA proposes crackdown on homeopathic medicines

Kimberly Leonard · December 18, 2017 9:38 pm

The Federal Communications Commission voted to end net neutrality on Thursday. Net neutrality has been in place only since June 2015, when President Obama's FCC chairman, Tom Wheeler, declared that the Internet would be treated as a utility. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Net neutrality ends — so click your mouse, don’t push the panic button

Washington Examiner · December 18, 2017 5:01 am

The "It's Going Down" Antifa-style environmentalist group recently posted about activists who intruded on the private property of a Virginia official and draped a banner from her front porch protesting new natural gas pipelines. (screenshot)

Beltway Confidential

Green Antifa-type group takes aim against pipelines with aggressive tactics

Kevin Mooney · December 17, 2017 5:01 am

If the White House wants credibility in its free-enterprise talk and promises to drain the swamp, it should tell the ethanol lobby to get lost. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel, File)

Time for the ethanol lobby to be put out to grass, Sen. Grassley

Washington Examiner · December 16, 2017 5:01 am

"This resolution will help us hit control-alt-delete on the FCC's decision," Schumer said Friday. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Chuck Schumer pledges to force vote on resolution to reverse FCC’s net neutrality repeal

Melissa Quinn · December 15, 2017 11:16 pm

Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, took to Twitter Thursday to poke fun at proponents of so-called "net neutrality" regulations after the Federal Communications Commission cut them earlier in the day. (Andrew Harrer/Bloomberg)

Beltway Confidential

Ted Cruz tries to melt net neutrality ‘snowflakes,’ burns himself

Emily Jashinsky · December 15, 2017 5:08 am