by Greg Walcher, E&E Legal Senior Policy Fellow As appearing in the Grand Junction Daily Sentinel One of the most instructive Old Testament stories recounts the wisdom of Joseph in Egypt, after his interpretation of Pharaoh's dreams, predicting years of drought and famine. Around 1490 B.C., Joseph was made Regent (chief administrator) and ordered grain [...]
by Richard Stegman If one drives from Bellevue to Attica you will notice the numerous Anti-Wind for Seneca County signs in the front yards of homes. They do far out-number the Pro-Wind Energy signs. One will also be struck that most of the pro-wind signs are in areas without homes; just open fields. And on [...]
The Federalist Review Volume 19 This short article examines how the extraterritoriality doctrine might apply to state energy taxes imposed on electricity that is generated in one state but used in a different taxing state, when the purpose of the tax is to discourage greenhouse gas emissions. The extraterritoriality doctrine precludes a state from regulating [...]
by E&E Legal Senior Policy Fellow Greg Walcher As appearing in The Daily Sentinel In the golden age of cartoons, the Tasmanian Devil was a favorite Looney Toons character, a whirling tornado throwing temper tantrums, and eating everything in his path. Both Bugs Bunny and Daffy Duck had to cleverly escape his voracious appetite. It [...]
by Michael Bielawski True North Reports Lawyers for a Washington-based nonprofit legal institute are calling their lawsuit against the Vermont Attorney General’s office a win, despite their inability to uncover long-sought-after public records. In 2016, the Energy and Environment Legal Institute filed two public records lawsuits against former Attorney General William Sorrell after he refused to release information about [...]
by E&E Legal Senior Policy Fellow Greg Walcher As appearing in The Daily Sentinel The lesser long-nosed bat is no longer in danger of extinction, according to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, so it will be taken off the endangered species list. New Mexico and Arizona leaders have advocated de-listing for years. They are [...]
by Greg Walcher, E&E Legal Senior Policy Fellow As Appearing in the American Spectator What if I were to suggest turning all of New York into a national monument? OK, maybe we would exclude the gigantic city, but the rest of that beautiful state could be our newest national monument. You might instinctively see a [...]
by Tom Harris Heartland Institute Earth Day Network’s misguided anti-plastic campaign is a sign of more nonsense to come. Earth Day Network (EDN) chose “End Plastic Pollution” as their theme for this year’s April 22 Earth Day. It is just the tip of the anti-plastic activism that now consumes environmental extremists. A Google search on [...]
by Greg Walcher, E&E Legal Senior Policy Fellow As Appearing in the American Spectator Surprise, surprise — the Trump administration has reopened areas Democrat presidents shut off because they are rich in minerals and great for the local economy. Since President Trump reduced the size of a couple national monuments in Utah, the chorus of [...]
by JV Staff Jewish Voice New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman has resigned following the stunning New Yorker report on four women accusing him of physical violence. According to a bombshell report in the New Yorker, investigative journalist Ronan Farrow, has revealed that New York State Attorney General Eric Schneiderman has been accused by several women of nonconsensual physical violence... [...]
