Reporter detained by Capitol Hill police for trying to ask EPA chief a question

Daily Caller ^ | March 28, 2014 | Michael Bastasch

[shepardspie33]

A reporter has been detained by Capitol Hill police for trying to ask a question of Environmental Protection Agency administrator Gina McCarthy.

Bloomberg BNA energy reporter Ari Natter tweeted about being detained.

#transparency RT @AriNatter: I am being detained by Capital Police for trying to ask @EPAGina a question after her remarks. — nickjuliano (@nickjuliano) March 28, 2014 Natter was detained while covering the American Council On Renewable Energy conference, where McCarthy spoke. Also speaking at the conference was Rhode Island Democratic Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse, a staunch supporter of green energy who regularly takes the Senate floor to sound the alarm on global warming.

McCarthy spoke about renewable energy issues, including the EPA’s proposal to cut back the amount of ethanol refiners are required to blend into gasoline annually to avoid economic calamity. She also talked about the Obama administration’s view that energy and environmental policy go hand in hand.

“The energy issues and the environmental issues we are facing today are really two sides of the same coin,” she said.

Natter was eventually let go after police checked with their superiors and ran a background check on the reporter, determining he had the proper press credentials.

After consulting with his superiors and running a background check the police have let me go. — Ari Natter (@AriNatter) March 28, 2014 .@alexcguillen: Not the first time I have been threatened with arrest for doing my job as a reporter. Probably not the last either. — Ari Natter (@AriNatter) March 28, 2014

[kiryandil]

EPA has also outlawed most existing wood stoves.

Time to start building rocket stove mass heaters.

(Very little exhaust, and horizontal, and uses a lot less wood, so the snitches and Watching Eyes will have a harder time catching you.)

This winter wasn't a one-off. If the farmers see that they can get shekels from the government for "growing ethanol corn" into February in Iowa, Minnesota & Michigan, they darn well will do it again in 2014.

The government & the EPA didn't get any on them for this bullsqueeze. Instead, they danced away laughing while the peasants paid 6 bucks a gallon for propane in January.

Oh, and don't forget to pay that extra $200 a month for increased healthcare costs. And the $250 for a new lawnmower, because your engine is trashed.

[dandiegirl]

I agree. The press got this commie elected and commies don’t like probes and questions. The press has been on their knees for BO for years now. They are so stupid that they are just now figuring out how Marxists operate. Serves them right.

[teacherwoes]

You know, unless the reporter actually assaulted or impeded this person

Maybe they felt assaulted or impeded. Or felt in fear of their life or something.

[EternalVigilance]

http://pjmedia.com/blog/epa-unveils-largest-expansion-of-authority-to-regulate-private-property/

[mac_truck]

Still don’t know the question the reporter was trying to ask...you’d think that would be an important element to this story.

[hal ogen]

The question may have been along the lines of “Why aren’t you in prison?”

[devolve]

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- Obama is setting up his royal Muzzie buddies mid-east Islamic oil countries future cash-flow to get an massive endless off-shore retirement fund for himself and his daughters by permanently blocking the use of America’s available and abundant energy assets…..

- It is time for the pathetic pansy Mom-Jeans jerk to put on his sissy helmet to visit Dallas on his girl’s bike -

[UCANSEE2]

It has always baffled me that the press is so lock step in their gutless pandering to BO and Dems. Forget honor and integrity. I would have thought that mere ambition would have driven someone to dig a little deeper, to say something different just for the distinction of saying something different.

[UCANSEE2]

Yes, but they are mandating that refiners now blend in stem cells, in place of the ethanol.

[UCANSEE2]

Ping me when ABC, NBC and CBS run with this as their lead story or when the NYT or WaPo make it the front page.

Will you be wanting a glass of ice water as well ?

: )

[UCANSEE2]

It should send a chill down the spine of every American.

Yeah... but aren't they an endangered species anyway ?

[UCANSEE2]

It should send a chill down the spine of every American.

Yeah... but aren't they an endangered species anyway ?

[UCANSEE2]

I learned about ROCKET STOVES on the internet, and since I had the components, I built one.

It is so awesome. I have collected sticks from the yard to keep as feedstock, should I need to use the rocket stove for cooking or heat.

[UCANSEE2]

- It is time for the pathetic pansy Mom-Jeans jerk to put on his sissy helmet to visit Dallas on his girl’s bike -

Add just one more wheel and you could have this...

[Biggirl]

Revolt is coming.

[Rodamala]

If I ask an unelected official a question on the street... I hope my Free Republic press credentials are “adequate” enough for the goon squad.

[Brad from Tennessee]

Thanks for the link. I just changed out my 30-year-old basement wood furnace for a newer more efficient stove. But I'm going to check out this rocket stove.

Brad