Category Archives: Regulations

Most of Trump’s Speech was Election Year Malarky

Posted on January 8, 2020 by Dennis SILVERMAN

Most of What Trump Said Was Election Year Malarky It’s hard to know where to start.  Let’s start with Whew!  Calmer minds have taken over. I think for such an important War or Peace speech, it would have been better … Continue reading →

Posted in 2020 Election, 2020 Primaries, Affairs of State, California Oil, California Power Mixes, Climate Change, EPA, Greenhouse Gas Emissions, Iran, Middle East, NATO, North Korea Nuclear Threat, Nuclear Weapons, Politics, Regulations, Saudi Oil Imports, Terrorism, Trump Administration, US Oil, World Oil Exports, World Oil Usage | Tagged | Leave a comment

Trump’s Absurd Science Budget Cut Proposals, and Their Defeats

Posted on December 30, 2019 by Dennis SILVERMAN

Trump’s Absurd Science Budget Cut Proposals, and Their Defeats It is sad to see Trump and his Political Appointees attempt to remove funding for projects related to climate science and environmental protection, while the Congress again ignores them, and in … Continue reading →

Posted in Air Quality, Congress, EPA, NIH, NOAA, Regulations, Science Funding, Tax Laws, Trump Budget, Trump on Climate Change, University Funding | Tagged | Leave a comment

The Silencing Science Tracker in December, 2019

Posted on December 11, 2019 by Dennis SILVERMAN

Happy Holidays.  It’s time to update the Silencing Science Tracker.  This just lists news articles that refer to silencing science, or attempting to silence science, in various bills, agencies, schools, or research.  It starts with the beginning of the Trump … Continue reading →

Posted in CAFE Standards, Clean Energy, Climate Change, Climate Education, Climate Science, Coastal Flooding, Coastal States, EPA, Fossil Fuel Energy, Governors and State Legislatures, Greenhouse Gas Emissions, Houston Flooding, Natural Gas, Paris Climate Accord, Paris Climate Agreement, Politics, Regulations, Renewable Energy, Science and Engineering Education, Science Funding, Sea Level Rise, Transportation, Trump Administration, Trump on Climate Change | Tagged | Leave a comment

Trump’s Climate Change Denial Con and His Activities

Posted on September 21, 2019 by Dennis SILVERMAN

Trump’s Climate Change Denial Con and His Activities I wrote before, that the plan of the Cons that Trump carries out is to act 100% like the Con is actually true.  I even invented a fictitious book that Trump is … Continue reading →

Posted in Affairs of State, Air Travel Emissions, Autos, CAFE Standards, California Oil, California Smog, Clean Energy, Climate Change, Climate Education, Climate Science, Coal, Conservation, Electric Cars, Electric Power, Energy Efficiency, Equivalent Electric Car Emissions, Fossil Fuel Energy, Global Climate Action Summit, Greenhouse Gas Emissions, Humor, Hybrid Cars, Ocean Acidification, Paris Climate Accord, Regulations, Smog worldwide, Transportation, Trump on Climate Change | Tagged | Leave a comment

America’s Climate Action Dilemmas

Posted on September 1, 2019 by Dennis SILVERMAN

America’s Climate Action Dilemmas About half of Americans are taking climate action on state, city, industry, and individual levels.  Polls show between 2/3 and 3/4 think the US should take such action.  However, we are currently in one of our … Continue reading →

Posted in 2020 Election, 2020 Primaries, Affairs of State, CAFE Standards, Clean Energy, Climate Change, Climate Education, Climate Science, Congress, Constitution, Fossil Fuel Energy, Fox News, Freedom of the Press, Mayor's Climate Action Plan, Middle East, No More Drilling, Paris Climate Accord, Paris Climate Agreement, Regulations, Trump Administration, Trump on Climate Change, US Climate Mayors | Tagged | Leave a comment

Environmental Rules Rolled Back by Trump

Posted on June 13, 2019 by Dennis SILVERMAN

Environmental Rules Rolled Back by Trump The New York Times has documented 83 environmental rules rolled back or being rolled back by the Trump administration.  It has also noted 10 that have been reinstated by the courts.  We report their … Continue reading →

Posted in 2020 Election, 2020 Primaries, Air Quality, CAFE Standards, California Smog, Climate Change, Climate Science, Coal, Energy Efficiency, Greenhouse Gas Emissions, Ocean Acidification, Offshore Oil Drilling, Oil, Paris Climate Accord, Regulations, Science Funding, Trump Administration | Tagged | Leave a comment

New Year’s Political Niblets

Posted on January 1, 2019 by Dennis SILVERMAN

New Year’s Political Niblets The only real military action Trump has initiated is to attack air facilities of Syria after they used nerve gas against civilians.  That was actually the only clean air action that Trump has taken.  As far … Continue reading →

Posted in 2018 Midterm Election, 2020 Election, Air Quality, CAFE Standards, Coal, EPA, Fossil Fuel Energy, Houston Flooding, Hurricane Florence, Immigration Policy, Politics, Regulations, Sea Level Rise, Trump's Mental Health, Uncategorized | Tagged | Leave a comment

How Large and Influential is Coal Usage?

Posted on December 16, 2018 by Dennis SILVERMAN

How Large and Influential is Coal Usage? Overall, US coal usage as a percent of electric power has declined from about 53% in 2000 to 33% in 2015.  We are using data related to electric car choices from a report … Continue reading →

Posted in 2020 Election, Affairs of State, Climate Change, Clinton, Coal, Electric Power, Energy Efficiency, EPA, Equivalent Electric Car Emissions, Fossil Fuel Energy, Global Climate Action Summit, Paris Climate Accord, Paris Climate Agreement, Politics, Regulations, Transportation | Tagged | Leave a comment

Trump’s Policies Led to the GM Plant Closures

Posted on November 30, 2018 by Dennis SILVERMAN

Trump’s Policies Led to the GM Plant Closures Two of the cars discontinued in the GM plant closures are the fuel economy cars the compact and high mileage Chevy Cruze, and the plug-in hybrid Chevy Volt.  GM said that they … Continue reading →

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New Trump -ocracies, Part 2

Posted on October 7, 2018 by Dennis SILVERMAN

New Trump -ocracies, Part 2 We have more -ocratic forms of Trump’s ruling methods, that would make the previous part 1 too long, so we include them here.  Other than my level classification of  “you can’t make this stuff up” … Continue reading →

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