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<div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">=</font></div><div><p style="margin-top: 8px; margin-bottom: 8px; font-size: small; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font face="Times New Roman" size="4">---</font></p><p style="margin-top: 8px; margin-bottom: 8px; font-size: small; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font face="Times New Roman" size="4">cli wire https://www.eenews.net/articles/conservatives-urge-mccarthy-to-disband-climate-committee/</font></p><p georgia="Georgia" regular="Regular" font="font" font-size="font-size" px="px" line-height="line-height" background-color="background-color" rgb="rgb" style="margin: 0px 0px 25px; font-size: small; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); box-sizing: border-box; padding: 0px;"><b><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">conservative groups are pushing to end the Select Committee on the Climate Crisis if Republicans take control of the House next year.</font></b></p><p georgia="Georgia" regular="Regular" font="font" font-size="font-size" px="px" line-height="line-height" background-color="background-color" rgb="rgb" style="margin: 0px 0px 25px; font-size: small; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); box-sizing: border-box; padding: 0px;"><b><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">In a <a href="https://twitter.com/Mike_Palicz/status/1588610503978668032" target="_blank" rel="noopener" style="text-decoration-line: none; color: rgb(0, 51, 153); outline: none; box-sizing: border-box; background-color: transparent; transition: all 0.3s ease-in-out 0s;"><u style="box-sizing: border-box;">letter to House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.)</u></a>, 18 conservative organizations said there is “no need for a select committee on climate change.”</font></b></p><p georgia="Georgia" regular="Regular" font="font" font-size="font-size" px="px" line-height="line-height" background-color="background-color" rgb="rgb" style="margin: 0px 0px 25px; font-size: small; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); box-sizing: border-box; padding: 0px;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">“With no ability to advance legislation to the House floor, the Select Committee historically serves as a soap box for tax and spend politicians to intimidate American energy companies, energize climate activists and stump for big-government policies that raise energy prices for consumers and weaken American energy independence,” they wrote <span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 102);">The group includes Americans For Tax Reform President Grover Norquist, Myron Ebell of the Competitive Enterprise Institute, American Energy Alliance President Tom Pyle and Heartland Institute President James Taylor..</span>..The letter reflects an ongoing split in the party that could echo into next year in the likely event that McCarthy becomes speaker after Tuesday’s midterms.</font></p><p georgia="Georgia" regular="Regular" font="font" font-size="font-size" px="px" line-height="line-height" background-color="background-color" rgb="rgb" style="margin: 0px 0px 25px; font-size: small; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); box-sizing: border-box; padding: 0px;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">While Pyle, Ebell and others have spent years advocating against climate policy and disputing mainstream climate science, elected Republicans have taken on a softer tone on the issue in recent years.</font></p><p georgia="Georgia" regular="Regular" font="font" font-size="font-size" px="px" line-height="line-height" background-color="background-color" rgb="rgb" style="margin: 0px 0px 25px; font-size: small; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); box-sizing: border-box; padding: 0px;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">If Republicans do choose to revive the panel, it could serve as a platform for the party to discuss Biden administration energy policies and for Select Committee ranking member Garret Graves (R-La.) to amplify the party’s messaging. Graves has declined to say publicly whether the committee would return.</font></p><p georgia="Georgia" regular="Regular" font="font" font-size="font-size" px="px" line-height="line-height" background-color="background-color" rgb="rgb" style="margin: 0px 0px 25px; font-size: small; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); box-sizing: border-box; padding: 0px;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) created a predecessor to the panel when Democrats took the House in 2008, then formed the Select Committee on the Climate Crisis in 2019 after they came back to power. It has no legislative authority but has at times caused friction with other committee chairs.</font></p><p georgia="Georgia" regular="Regular" font="font" font-size="font-size" px="px" line-height="line-height" background-color="background-color" rgb="rgb" style="margin: 0px 0px 25px; font-size: small; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); box-sizing: border-box; padding: 0px;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">The conservative groups argued the issue would be better served being addressed by the standing committees.</font></p><p georgia="Georgia" regular="Regular" font="font" font-size="font-size" px="px" line-height="line-height" background-color="background-color" rgb="rgb" style="margin: 0px 0px 25px; font-size: small; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); box-sizing: border-box; padding: 0px;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">“We urge you to disband the Select Committee on the Climate Crisis and let the committees with appropriate jurisdiction and legislative ability take up the topic of climate change,” they wrote.</font></p><p georgia="Georgia" regular="Regular" font="font" font-size="font-size" px="px" line-height="line-height" background-color="background-color" rgb="rgb" style="margin: 0px 0px 25px; font-size: small; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); box-sizing: border-box; padding: 0px;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">---</font></p><p georgia="Georgia" regular="Regular" font="font" font-size="font-size" px="px" line-height="line-height" background-color="background-color" rgb="rgb" style="margin: 0px 0px 25px; font-size: small; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); box-sizing: border-box; padding: 0px;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><a href="https://twitter.com/Mike_Palicz/status/1588610503978668032/photo/1" style="text-decoration-line: none; font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 51, 153); outline: none;">https://twitter.com/Mike_Palicz/status/1588610503978668032/photo/1</a></font></p><p style="margin-top: 8px; margin-bottom: 8px; font-size: small; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">=</font></p></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">=</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">anti divest BS</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">
</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><a href="https://www.heartland.org/multimedia/podcasts/california-invests-public-employee-retirement-funds-in-sustainable-energy-to-pitiful-results-guest-tim-doyle">https://www.heartland.org/multimedia/podcasts/california-invests-public-employee-retirement-funds-in-sustainable-energy-to-pitiful-results-guest-tim-doyle</a></font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">I<span proxima="Proxima" nova="Nova" sans-serif="sans-serif" font-size="font-size" px="px" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">saac Orr is a research fellow for energy and environment policy at The Heartland Institute. Orr is a speaker, researcher, and writer specializing in hydraulic fracturing, frac sand mining, agricultural, and environmental policy issues.</span></font></div><p class="p1" proxima="Proxima" nova="Nova" sans-serif="sans-serif" font-size="font-size" px="px" background-color="background-color" rgb="rgb" style="margin: 20px 0px;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Isaac Orr is a research fellow for energy and environment policy at The Heartland Institute. Orr is a speaker, researcher, and writer specializing in hydraulic fracturing, frac sand mining, agricultural, and environmental policy issues. He graduated from the University of Wisconsin Eau Claire with studies in political science and geology, winning awards for his undergraduate geology research before taking a position TO ??? as an <span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 102);">aide in the Wisconsin State Senate, where he served as lead-office writer and as a policy advisor on frac sand mining and agricultural issues.</span></font></p><p class="p1" proxima="Proxima" nova="Nova" sans-serif="sans-serif" font-size="font-size" px="px" background-color="background-color" rgb="rgb" style="margin: 20px 0px;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Since joining Heartland, Orr has written a <em>Heartland Policy Study </em>on fracking titled “<a href="https://www.heartland.org/publications-resources/publications/hydraulic-fracturing-a-game-changer-for-us-energy-and-economies" style="text-decoration-line: none; transition: color 0.3s, background-color 0.3s;">Hydraulic Fracturing: A Game-Changer for U.S. Energy and Economies</a>” and has coauthored multiple policy studies on frac sand mining, including “<a href="https://www.heartland.org/publications-resources/publications/environmental-impacts-of-industrial-silica-sand-frac-sand-mining" style="text-decoration-line: none; transition: color 0.3s, background-color 0.3s;">Environmental Impacts of Industrial Silica Sand (Frac Sand) Mining</a>” and “<a href="https://www.heartland.org/publications-resources/publications/economic-impacts-of-industrial-silica-sand-frac-sand-mining" style="text-decoration-line: none; transition: color 0.3s, background-color 0.3s;">Economic Impacts of Industrial Silica Sand (Frac Sand) Mining</a>,” in addition to his article “Frac Sand Study Lots of Scare, Little Science,” published in the <em>Milwaukee Journal Sentinel</em> in October of 2014.</font></p><p class="p1" proxima="Proxima" nova="Nova" sans-serif="sans-serif" font-size="font-size" px="px" background-color="background-color" rgb="rgb" style="margin: 20px 0px;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">His writing has appeared in <em>USA Today</em>, the <em>New York Post, The Hill, </em><em>Orange County Register</em>, and <em>Washington Times. </em>His work on fracking is also featured in an upcoming book entitled <em>Alternative Energy and Shale Gas Encyclopedia</em>, published by John Wiley & Sons, Inc. He has recorded more than a dozen podcasts on energy and environment topics for Heartland.</font></p><p class="p1" proxima="Proxima" nova="Nova" sans-serif="sans-serif" font-size="font-size" px="px" background-color="background-color" rgb="rgb" style="margin: 20px 0px;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Orr writes, “I grew up on a dairy farm, and I want to preserve rural America, and rural American values. Along with agriculture, I am fascinated by geology, mining, groundwater, and other environmental issues.”</font></p><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">---</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman" /><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><b>Research & Commentary: Premature Closure of Navajo Generating Station Would Risk Regional Power Supply, Devastate Native Communities</b></font></font></font></font></div><div>By Tim Benson, Isaac Orr</div><div>Plant Closure Will Increase Electricity Costs, Do Incalculable Damage Would Be Done To Navajo And Hopi Tribes</div><div>Tags</div><div>Energy</div><div> Coal power plant at dusk</div><div>JANUARY 17, 2018</div><div>Heartland Institute Submits Public Comments on Repeal of Clean Power Plan</div><div>By Peter Ferrara, Isaac Orr</div><div>On January 17, 2018, The Heartland Institute submitted public comments on EPA's proposal to repeal the Clean Power Plan.</div><div>Tags</div><div>Environment</div><div>Energy</div><div>Climate Change</div><div> </div><div>JANUARY 11, 2018</div><div>Closing Coal Plant in Pleasant Prairie Will Increase Electricity Prices</div><div>By Isaac Orr</div><div>The premature closure of the Pleasant Prairie coal-fired power plant will drive up electricity costs for families.</div><div>Tags</div><div>Energy</div><div> </div><div>JANUARY 10, 2018</div><div>How the Keystone Pipeline Spill Proves Pipelines Are Safe</div><div>By Isaac Orr</div><div>A section of the Keystone Pipeline that was completed in 2011 sprung a leak, spilling approximately 210,000 gallons of oil in South Dakota. What does it mean for safety?</div><div>Tags</div><div>Energy</div><div> </div><div>JANUARY 9, 2018</div><div>Blame Government, Not the Market, For Dwindling Coal Industry</div><div>By Isaac Orr</div><div>Renewable energy advocates free and competitive markets are to blame for coal-fired power plants being replaced by natural gas and wind generation</div><div>Tags</div><div>Energy</div><div> polar ice caps</div><div>JANUARY 5, 2018</div><div>PRESS RELEASE: Heartland Institute Experts React to Department of the Interior Opening up Offshore Drilling</div><div>By Tim Huelskamp, Ph.D., Jay Lehr, H. Sterling Burnett, Frederick D. Palmer, Isaac Orr, Bette Grande, Walter Cunningham, James H. Rust, Arthur Viterito</div><div>“The Trump administration recognizes fossil fuels are the lifeblood of the U.S. economy, provide high paying jobs, and benefits the nation as a whole” - H. Sterling Burnett</div><div>Tags</div><div>Climate Change</div><div>Environment</div><div>Energy</div><div> </div><div>AUGUST 2, 2017</div><div>Testimony Before the Environmental Protection Agency</div><div>By Isaac Orr</div><div>Testimony Before the Environmental Protection Agency</div><div>Tags</div><div>Energy</div><div>Environment</div><div> Industrial sand mining facility</div><div>APRIL 2, 2017</div><div>Air Quality and Industrial Sand (Frac Sand) Mining</div><div>By Isaac Orr, Mark Krumenacher</div><div>This Heartland Policy Study examines the best available scientific data on the effects of industrial sand mining on air quality, concluding those operations do not pose a threat to human health or the environment.</div></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"></font></div>