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11:36 AM, Dec 27, 2012 • By DANIEL HALPER

Lisa P. Jackson is stepping down as administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency after a four-year tenure that began with high hopes of sweeping action to address climate change and other environmental ills but ended with a series of rear-guard actions to defend the agency against challenges from industry, Republicans in Congress and, at times, the Obama White House.

Here's Jackson's statement on her resignation:

I want to thank President Obama for the honor he bestowed on me and the confidence he placed in me four years ago this month when he announced my nomination as Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency. At the time I spoke about the need to address climate change, but also said: “There is much more on the agenda: air pollution, toxic chemicals and children’s health issues, redevelopment and waste-site cleanup issues, and justice for the communities who bear disproportionate risk.” As the President said earlier this year when he addressed EPA’s employees, “You help make sure the air we breathe, the water we drink, the food we eat are safe. You help protect the environment not just for our children but their children. And you keep us moving toward energy independence…We have made historic progress on all these fronts.” So, I will leave the EPA confident the ship is sailing in the right direction, and ready in my own life for new challenges, time with my family and new opportunities to make a difference.

9:22 AM, Dec 15, 2012 • By DANIEL HALPER

Two members of Congress sent a letter to EPA administrator Lisa Jackson over her use of the alias "Richard Windsor." The congressmen, Fred Upton and Cliff Stearns, want Jackson to explain her actions.

1:29 PM, Nov 30, 2012 • By GEOFFREY NORMAN

The AAA has joined the side of the crackpots resisting the burning of food in internal combustion engines:

3:16 PM, Nov 27, 2012 • By GEOFFREY NORMAN

The world's greatest deliberative body (just ask any of its members) got hung up over what is called a "Sportsmen's Bill." The impasse came on the first day after the Thanksgiving holiday, which is, traditionally, a time when hunters like to be in the deer woods and duck marshes, which the bill supposedly would have expanded and made more accessible. This is one of those bills that is said to "enjoy wide, bipartisan support."

11:05 AM, Oct 5, 2012 • By ADAM J. WHITE

A few years ago, the Environmental Protection Agency lost a string of high-profile lawsuits brought by environmentalists challenging the Bush administration's regulations. And in certain circles, it was fashionable to cite those as proof of the Bush EPA's incompetence if not its utter corruption.

10:03 AM, Sep 19, 2012 • By DANIEL HALPER

The American Action Forum has released new analysis of the burden of new regulations under President Obama. It's most striking finding? The cost of added regulations under President Obama is now estimated to be $488 billion.

Obama deserts coal; Democrats desert Obama.

Sep 24, 2012, Vol. 18, No. 02 • By HENRY PAYNE

Charleston, W. Va.
The billboard high over I-64 outside the capital of this blue-collar state minces no words: “Obama’s NO JOBS ZONE: The President talks about creating jobs but his EPA is destroying jobs.”

Businessmen across nearly every American industry cite the Obama administration’s regulatory assault—from Obamacare to bank lending restrictions to fuel-economy mandates—as a cause of America’s jobless recovery. But perhaps no industry can count job losses the White House is causing like the coal industry.

4:31 PM, Sep 13, 2012 • By DANIEL HALPER

In honor of Hispanic heritage month, the Environmental Protection Agency sent out this internal email, featuring content plagiarized from this website and a picture of Che Guevara:

From: Susie Goldring/DC/USEPA/US
Date: 09/13/2012 02:51PM
Subject: Hispanic Heritage Month

6:22 PM, Apr 26, 2012 • By GEOFFREY NORMAN

[A] regional administrator for the Environmental Protection Agency, explained in 2010 that he understands the EPA policy to be to "crucify" a few oil and gas companies to get the rest of the industry to comply with the laws.

7:30 AM, Jan 11, 2012 • By MARK HEMINGWAY

Associated Press: "Romney sweeps NH to cement top status; Paul second"

James Taranto: Gingrich—"He's desperate, he's angry, and he's doing Romney a favor."

The Hill: "Obama pledges to stand by EPA"

7:30 AM, Dec 22, 2011 • By MARK HEMINGWAY

Politico: "Payroll tax cut: GOP frosh dig in hard"

CNN: "Paul abandons interview concerning controversial newsletters"

John Hawkins: "The 50 Best Political Quotes For 2011"

7:30 AM, Dec 20, 2011 • By MARK HEMINGWAY

Andrew Stiles: "House Republicans Postpone Payroll Tax Vote"

Mediaite: "Sarah Palin Tells Fox Business Network That ‘It’s Not Too Late’ To Jump Into The GOP Race"

1:31 PM, Nov 28, 2011 • By JEFFREY H. ANDERSON

The Wall Street Journal editorial board writes, “Here’s one good way to consider the vote in 2012: It’s about whether to re-elect President Lisa Jackson, the head of the Environmental Protection Agency, which these days runs most the U.S. economy.” The Journal observes that the Obama EPA has now decreed that “America’s fleet of passenger cars and light trucks will have to meet an average of 54.5 miles per gallon by 2025, a doubling of today’s average of about 27 mpg.”