by Greg Walcher, E&E Legal Senior Policy Fellow As appearing in the Daily Sentinel When I first moved to Washington, D.C., fresh out of college in 1979, a Capitol Hill friend offered a temporary room in a great old townhouse. Another room was occupied by a somewhat quirky, funny and absolutely brilliant writer named R.J. [...]
by Greg Walcher, E&E Legal Senior Policy Fellow As appearing in the Daily Sentinel Electric cars are set to dominate the worldwide automobile market. They account for more than a third of all cars on the road, and gas-powered cars are only 22%. The year is 1900, and both engine types will soon overtake primitive [...]
by Greg Walcher, E&E Legal Senior Policy Fellow As appearing in the Daily Sentinel In 1991, Oleta Adams sang “Get Here” on “Soul Train.” She spent 23 weeks on the Billboard top 100 with the love ballad, listing all the ways he could get to her: by railway, trailway, airplane, caravan, sailboat, swinging on a [...]
Click here to download a complete pdf version of E&E Legal Letters Issue XLII Winter 2024. Click headlines for the full article. Biden administration is closing the valve on domestic energy by Steve Milloy, E&E Legal Senior Policy Fellow, as appearing in The Washington Times As if we didn’t know for certain already, serving the [...]
by Greg Walcher, E&E Legal Senior Policy Fellow As appearing in the Daily Sentinel When I was nominated for Congress some years ago, the management of public lands was a significant campaign issue. The federal government owns most of the land and resources in Colorado’s 3rd Congressional District, which encompasses most of the Western Slope [...]
by Greg Walcher, E&E Legal Senior Policy Fellow As appearing in the Daily Sentinel When the Continental Congress designated the bald eagle for America’s official seal, they were drawing on centuries of the bird’s symbolism, especially in Christian cultures. Although eagles were seen as symbols of strength and power earlier, even in ancient Rome, its [...]
by Greg Walcher, E&E Legal Senior Policy Fellow As appearing in the Daily Sentinel House Republicans were so upset that they held two committee hearings during 2023, and in November the Committee on Oversight and Accountability announced that it will investigate the EPA’s “use of secretive ‘sue-and-settle’ practices.” The chairman says the EPA uses the [...]
by Greg Walcher, E&E Legal Senior Policy Fellow As appearing in the Daily Sentinel For decades, we have debated the destruction of our national forests caused by a lack of management. We have watched catastrophic fires incinerate 200 million acres over the past 30 years. Yet we still cannot escape the conceited, supercilious popinjays in [...]
by Greg Walcher, E&E Legal Senior Policy Fellow As appearing in the Daily Sentinel There are at least 25 different types of wrenches commonly found in toolboxes. There are box-end, open-end, combination and crescent wrenches. For particular jobs, one might reach for a lug wrench, basin wrench, oil filter wrench, or an impact, flare-nut, strap, [...]
by Greg Walcher, E&E Legal Senior Policy Fellow As appearing in the Daily Sentinel Southerners have enjoyed shrimp and grits for generations, New Englanders have their clam chowder, Marylanders their crab cakes, and Cajuns their crawfish etouffee. Oysters Rockefeller is a century-old tradition, while calamari, sushi, and ceviche are more of an acquired taste, but [...]
