Environment
We Won't Always Have Paris
Yesterday, President Donald Trump withdrew from the Paris Climate Treaty or, as it is often called, the Paris Accord. He righted what has been a bone of contention since the agreement's birth at the Paris climate change meeting in November 2015. ...
Citizens Against Government Waste Praises U.S. Withdrawal From the Paris Climate Accord
For Immediate Release Contact: Curtis Kalin 202-467-5318 June 1, 2017
Waste Abounds in the Land of the Midnight Sun
On Wednesday, April 5, 2017 the House Natural Resources Subcommittee on Federal Lands held a hearing to consider the construction of a road linking the town of King Cove to Cold Bay, and the latter’s all-weather airport. At issue is H.R.
CAGW Releases Comprehensive Waste Cutting Proposals for 115th Congress
For Immediate Release Contact: Curtis Kalin 202-467-5318 February 13, 2017
CAGW Releases December 2016 WasteWatcher
For Immediate Release Contact: Curtis Kalin 202-467-5318 December 20, 2016
Beware of Midnight Regulations
As President Barack Obama’s term comes to an end, many federal agencies and departments are attempting to beat the clock by jamming a flurry of new regulations onto the books before January 20, 2017.
NPS Ban on Bottled Water – "Going Forward"
For more than a year, Citizens Against Government Waste (CAGW) has been investigating the National Park Service’s (NPS) ban on the sale of bottled water, believing it was an obtrusive inconvenience to visitors and a waste of taxpayer dollars. To...
President Trump Must Submit Paris Climate Agreement to the Senate
On November 14, President Obama made the following remarks in a press conference before his final foreign trip. When asked about legal constraints placed on him by Congress (specifically with respec
CAGW Releases September 2016 WasteWatcher
For Immediate Release Contact: Curtis Kalin 202-467-5318 September 14, 2016
Waste Proliferates Inside the EPA in 2016
No department or agency in the federal government is immune from the bureaucratic toxin of waste, fraud, abuse, and mismanagement. Ironically, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), which is responsible for cleaning up all kinds of sewage,...
CAGW Releases April 2016 WasteWatcher
For Immediate Release Contact: Curtis Kalin 202-467-5318 April 19, 2016
Waste Land
In the land of the free, the federal government still controls more than 50 percent of all land west of Kansas. The ongoing control of such a large part of the western states by the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) and the U.S. Forest Service (USFS...
