by Greg Walcher, E&E Legal Senior Policy Fellow As appearing in the Daily Sentinel A friend who bought a Tesla electric car was understandably proud, joining the green revolution with such a cool car. For a while I made fun of it, telling him my car ran on oil and his on coal, so we [...]
by Greg Walcher, E&E Legal Senior Policy Fellow As appearing in the Daily Sentinel A common adage, repeated by political consultants for 30 years, advises candidates seeking to broaden their base that “nobody cares how much you know, until they know how much you care.” It may seem trite, but it is extraordinarily apt when [...]
by Greg Walcher, E&E Legal Senior Policy Fellow As appearing in the Daily Sentinel I couldn’t help thinking about my friend, the late Harry Talbott, this week when the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) designated nearly 300,000 acres as critical habitat for the yellow-billed cuckoo. Harry was a conservation icon, not only because of [...]
by Greg Walcher, E&E Legal Senior Policy Fellow As appearing in the Daily Sentinel A 1985 comedy/horror film called “Return of the Living Dead” became a cult classic, redefining zombies as brain-eating creatures who can run and talk, survive bullets, and terrorize the city of Louisville. That is, until they encounter a group of punk [...]
by Greg Walcher, E&E Legal Senior Policy Fellow As appearing in the Daily Sentinel “Why does she keep bringing that up?” “Why won’t he just let it go?” Studies show those are among the most common questions people ask therapists. Therapists respond with impressive words that cost several hundred dollars an hour. I am no [...]
Click here to download a complete pdf version of E&E Legal Letters Issue XXX Winter. Click headlines for the full article. E&E Legal Returns to Conservative Watchdog Role with New Administration Joe Biden ran on a promise that he would return to the devastating and economy-killing “climate change” policies of the Obama-era. Not coincidentally, policies [...]
by Greg Walcher, E&E Legal Senior Policy Fellow As appearing in the Daily Sentinel With another federal oil and gas drilling moratorium looming, fewer pundits are accusing the government of picking winners and losers — because it’s difficult to see any winners. It seems more like the old grade-school trick of “heads I win, tails [...]
by Greg Walcher, E&E Legal Senior Policy Fellow As appearing in the Daily Sentinel In Australia, hunters kill kangaroos for their hides, which are used to make athletic shoes, especially soccer shoes. At least two American congressmen are hopping mad about it, and aim to put a stop to it. Reps. Salud Carbajal (D-California) and [...]
by Greg Walcher, E&E Legal Senior Policy Fellow As appearing in the Daily Sentinel In the 1980s, when the Clash sang “Should I stay or should I go,” its lyrics include the no-win scenario, “If I go there will be trouble, An’ if I stay it will be double.” That damned-if-you-do, damned-if-you-don’t dilemma is a [...]
by Greg Walcher, E&E Legal Senior Policy Fellow As appearing in the Daily Sentinel The Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee held confirmation hearings this week on President Joe Biden’s Interior Secretary nominee, Rep. Deb Haaland. The committee had already approved the nomination of Jennifer Granholm to be Secretary of Energy, and the Environment and [...]
