by Greg Walcher, E&E Legal Senior Policy Fellow As appearing in the Daily Sentinel There are many studies on the history of the Bureau of Reclamation, established in 1902 to bring water, and life, to the West. Some writers claim it was needed to relieve overcrowding in the cities, to get people to move to [...]
by Greg Walcher, E&E Legal Senior Policy Fellow As appearing in the Daily Sentinel The bumper sticker on the car in front of me this morning read, “There is no Planet B.” How profound. Senator Bill Armstrong once said, “We could change the world with a bumper sticker if we could figure out what to [...]
by Greg Walcher, E&E Legal Senior Policy Fellow As appearing in the Daily Sentinel Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez recently made the statement that, “There is scientific consensus that the lives of children are going to be very difficult … leading young people to have a legitimate question: is it still OK to have children?” I’m completely [...]
by Greg Walcher, E&E Legal Senior Policy Fellow As appearing in the Daily Sentinel History students learn one of the most famous lines from inaugural addresses, that spoken by President Kennedy in 1961, which begins, “And so my fellow Americans, ask not what your country can do for you…” They rarely learn the next line, [...]
by Greg Walcher, E&E Legal Senior Policy Fellow As appearing in the Daily Sentinel There is much ado about congressional leaders double-crossing Senator Joe Manchin, D-W.V., promising a vote on his environmental permitting reform bill in exchange for his vote for the massive climate bill. No sooner was that bill passed than Democrats on the [...]
by Greg Walcher, E&E Legal Senior Policy Fellow As appearing in the Daily Sentinel In all election years, candidates promise to protect Colorado water and supporters disagree on which candidate would do that best. This newspaper, in its editorial endorsements, mentioned water issues in five state and local campaigns, even basing its Attorney General endorsement [...]
by Jack McEvoy The Daily Caller President Joe Biden said Wednesday that he has not stopped or stalled oil production; despite this, the Biden administration has implemented policies that are derailing domestic fossil fuel output. Biden asserted that he wanted to “debunk some myths” about his energy policies and claimed that his administration has done [...]
by Greg Walcher, E&E Legal Senior Policy Fellow As appearing in the Daily Sentinel Economist Stephen Moore has published a chart listing quarterly profits of America’s four largest technology firms. The numbers are unfathomable for mere mortals like us. Tesla earned $2.3 billion — that’s not total income, just profits (total income was over $30 [...]
by Greg Walcher, E&E Legal Senior Policy Fellow As appearing in the Daily Sentinel Last summer a federal judge in California vacated a series of Trump-era rules on enforcement of the Endangered Species Act (ESA). It was a disappointment to many who had worked for years on several relatively modest reforms to make the cumbersome [...]
by Greg Walcher, E&E Legal Senior Policy Fellow As appearing in the Daily Sentinel None of my columns have ever generated as many emails and phone calls as the recent series about the Colorado River, draining Lake Powell and California’s abuse of its entitled share. When the Bureau of Reclamation decided to give that state [...]