by Greg Walcher, E&E Legal Senior Policy Fellow As appearing in the Daily Sentinel After several years of frustration with Congress, President Obama famously said, “We’re not just going to be waiting for legislation. I’ve got a pen and I’ve got a phone, and I can use that pen to sign executive orders… that move [...]
by Greg Walcher, E&E Legal Senior Policy Fellow As appearing in the Daily Sentinel When Congress created the U.S. Forest Service in 1905, it had several clear purposes. Part of the role of national forests was to provide timber and other forest products the country needed, and part of it was to ensure a steady [...]
by Greg Walcher, E&E Legal Senior Policy Fellow As appearing in the Daily Sentinel The headline has become so familiar that few people even notice anymore: Washington Monument Closed Again. The most recognizable structure in the nation’s capital, which attracts more than 600,000 visitors annually, has also become a symbol of government arrogance. That’s because [...]
by Greg Walcher, E&E Legal Senior Policy Fellow As appearing in the Daily Sentinel The interior least tern almost disappeared from the landscape by the time it was added to the federal endangered species list in 1985. One reason was that they don’t hide their nests, but foolishly build them right out on open beaches, [...]
by Greg Walcher, E&E Legal Senior Policy Fellow As appearing in the Daily Sentinel It’s not every day that a photo of the Grand Valley Canal makes the New York Times. Many Grand Junction residents may have missed this momentous occasion, right after New Year’s. But there it was, right in the middle of a [...]
Click here to download a complete pdf version of E&E Legal Letters Issue XXVIX Fall. Click headlines for the full article. E&E Legal Releases Tom Tanton State-by-State “Electrification” Costs Report On September 22, E&E Legal released a state-by-state report on the capital cost associated with “electrification” for states and the nation. The report, and its [...]
by Greg Walcher, E&E Legal Senior Policy Fellow As appearing in the Daily Sentinel My fifth-grade class studied grammar, using a tool that was considered old-fashioned even then. Sentence “diagramming” split up the phrases and words into various parts of speech, putting them on a diagram to see how they fit together. For nearly a [...]
by Greg Walcher, E&E Legal Senior Policy Fellow As appearing in the Daily Sentinel For the third time in as many years, a major proposed solar plant in rural Virginia has been defeated. The “Maroon Solar” project has withdrawn its application near the small town of Culpeper, after the local planning commission unanimously declined to [...]
by Greg Walcher, E&E Legal Senior Policy Fellow As appearing in the Daily Sentinel Sometimes a story gets interrupted, and conversation veers temporarily in a different direction. When that ends, the original storyteller might resume with, “Let’s see now, where was I? Oh, yes…” That’s where we are now in the discussion of natural resources, [...]
by Greg Walcher, E&E Legal Senior Policy Fellow As appearing in the Daily Sentinel When is natural evolution acceptable? Should we generally let nature take its course, or stage an intervention? Apparently, one’s answer depends on one’s political agenda. When Northern gray wolves migrate into Rocky Mountain wolves’ turf, that’s OK, nature taking its course. [...]
