Al Armendariz, the top Environmental Protection Agency official in the oil-rich Southwest region, resigned from his post, effective Monday. It’s the latest twist in the never-ending and increasingly ugly fracking fracas. A two-year old video had surfaced last week (and since pulled) featuring Armendariz comparing his “philosophy of enforcement” to...

Despite China's emergence as an economic power and all the talk about how America has become a service economy, U.S. manufacturing is alive and well. But there is a fly in the ointment -- the U.S. has become dangerously dependent on imports of raw materials needed to keep the economy moving.

An article in the International Business Times shows that China continues to hit the brakes on the exports of rare earths.

The Endangered Species Act (ESA) is among the nation's most important and powerful environmental laws. It is also a source of great conflict and controversy.

Lessons from Hayek shed light on a big story that is getting surprisingly little coverage in the media this week: the design of the Environmental Protection Agency to double its budget.

Reform is crucial if we are to achieve the Endangered Species Act's ambitious goals and conserve the world’s endangered plants and animals.

REINS would improve environmental regulation by giving legislators a role in updating our obsolete environmental statutes. EPA has been rolling grenades to succeeding presidential administrations since it was established. The origin of the rolling, ticking hand grenades is Congress.

This volume covers seven major indicators of environmental progress, including air quality, energy, climate change, water quality, toxic chemicals, forests and land, and biodiversity.

Join us for a discussion of the rare earth elements and the policy ramifications of their scarcity, geographic distribution, environmental impacts, and near-monopolistic market.

If the EPA proceeds with carbon regulation and power plants are forced to close, energy costs will climb and companies will have less money available for the very research on clean-energy technologies that we need in order to stay competitive with China and other countries.