by Greg Walcher, E&E Legal Senior Policy Fellow As appearing in the Daily Sentinel When we have to do something unpleasant, the common expression is “bite the bullet.” The phrase originated on Civil War battlefields when amputations often had to be done without anesthetics. To distract the patient from excruciating pain, he would be given [...]
by Greg Walcher, E&E Legal Senior Policy Fellow As appearing in the Daily Sentinel A New York Times “climate desk” reporter named David Gelles recently wrote a fascinating account of the internal battle plaguing the Sierra Club for three years. His lead explained that “Like many other American institutions, the Sierra Club was convulsed by [...]
by Greg Walcher, E&E Legal Senior Policy Fellow As appearing in the Daily Sentinel “Cadastre” is an early 19th Century word describing a property inventory used to allocate taxes. The word has just found its way into federal law, thanks to an amendment added to the recent 4,155-page “omnibus” appropriations bill. The new section refers [...]
by Greg Walcher, E&E Legal Senior Policy Fellow As appearing in the Daily Sentinel Apparently, people in rural Ohio are not overly fond of renewable energy. In fact, various county commissioners there voted down 42 wind energy and 43 solar energy projects in 2022. Sixteen of the proposed wind farms were in Logan County. Interestingly, [...]
by Greg Walcher, E&E Legal Senior Policy Fellow As appearing in the Daily Sentinel The national press corps sometimes jokes about a president so excited by a big event he insists, “We must tell the press at once!” and his staff responds, “Yes, sir — announcement or leak?” Leaks are not always unplanned in Washington; [...]
by Greg Walcher, E&E Legal Senior Policy Fellow As appearing in the Daily Sentinel When did environmental issues become so divisive, bitter, angry, and litigious? Historically speaking, that is a recent development. We generally think of America’s environmental awareness as beginning with Theodore Roosevelt and his allies: George Bird Grinnell, Gifford Pinchot, John Wesley Powell, [...]
by Greg Walcher, E&E Legal Senior Policy Fellow As appearing in the Daily Sentinel Does the rest of the world know something we don’t? A December report from the International Energy Agency (IEA) confirms that worldwide use of coal hit an all-time high in 2022, following a huge increase in 2021, and is on track [...]
by Greg Walcher, E&E Legal Senior Policy Fellow As appearing in the Daily Sentinel The recent news that scientists have finally produced a controlled nuclear fusion reaction that generates a net energy gain was greeted with some skepticism, but also with considerable excitement. Some of the hype was a bit over the top, heralding the [...]
Click here to download a complete pdf version of E&E Legal Letters Issue XXXVII Fall 2022. Click headlines for the full article. Europe’s Energy Crisis Is A Warning To America by Steve Milloy, E&E Legal Senior Policy Fellow, as appearing in The Daily Caller Europe serves as an object lesson of the economic, social and [...]
by Greg Walcher, E&E Legal Senior Policy Fellow As appearing in the Daily Sentinel Remember when air travel used to fun? Big carriers like PanAm competed with TWA and Eastern, as did smaller ones like Braniff and Piedmont, each claiming to offer better food and more comfortable seats. They’re all gone now. The big mergers [...]
