by Greg Walcher, E&E Legal Senior Policy Fellow The Daily Sentinel In 1970 when President Nixon presented to Congress “Reorganization Plan No. 3,” no one foresaw the eventual result — some of history’s greatest environmental successes, and a virtual stranglehold on economic progress. America’s air and water are far cleaner today, automobiles emit virtually nothing, [...]
by Greg Walcher, E&E Legal Senior Policy Fellow The Daily Sentinel Referring to the president’s annual budget proposal to Congress, a Bloomberg headline read: “Trump Plans to Offload National Park Sites, But States Don’t Want Them.” Really? I couldn’t help wondering why we have national parks that states don’t want. Without state support, how did [...]
by Greg Walcher, E&E Legal Senior Policy Fellow The Daily Sentinel Supreme Court decisions occasionally have far-reaching impacts, but last week’s ruling in Utah’s Uintah Basin Railway case was a doozy, in which the justices unanimously hinted that Eagle County, Colorado, should mind its own business. County Commissioners there had challenged the Surface Transportation Board’s [...]
by Greg Walcher, E&E Legal Senior Policy Fellow As appearing in the Daily Sentinel Former Colorado Sen. Gary Hart attracted attention in the 1980s with a proposal to cut America’s defense budget in half. That was not unusual in the post-Vietnam era, but what made Hart stand out (enough to become front-runner for president in [...]
by Greg Walcher, E&E Legal Senior Policy Fellow As Appearing on Townhall.com Since assuming office, President Trump has maintained a sharp focus on reducing Washington’s bloated bureaucracy, fighting stifling regulations, and cutting the red tape that stifles America’s economic progress. His new plan to overhaul the complex National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) is a cornerstone of those efforts. That’s because NEPA has [...]
