by Greg Walcher, E&E Legal Senior Policy Fellow As appearing in the Daily Sentinel I did a double take when I saw the headline, “Meeker County to call on Congress to pay up for federal lands.” I thought it must be a typo because Meeker is a town not a county (it’s in Rio Blanco [...]
by Greg Walcher, E&E Legal Senior Policy Fellow As appearing in the Daily Sentinel Merle Haggard sang about a utopian future, in which “we’ll all be drinkin’ free Bubble Up, and eatin’ rainbow stew.” That is about as realistic as the Postal Service’s “solution” to its absurd budget problem. For as long as I can [...]
by Greg Walcher, E&E Legal Senior Policy Fellow As appearing in the Daily Sentinel A group called Environment Oregon is circulating a petition asking the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) to get on with it. Two years ago, the agency proposed reintroducing sea otters to the Oregon coast, concluding that reintroduction was not only [...]
by Greg Walcher, E&E Legal Senior Policy Fellow As appearing in the Daily Sentinel There is a famous story about Nobel Prize-winning economist Milton Friedman walking down the street with a friend. The friend stopped and said, “Hey, there is a $20 bill on the sidewalk.” The economist turned to him and replied, “There can’t [...]
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 [...]
