by Greg Walcher, E&E Legal Senior Policy Fellow As appearing in the Daily Sentinel Election aftermaths are euphoric for some, depressing for others, and a relief that it’s over for many. Some friends are ecstatic that they finally got rid of President Trump. Others are upset about that, some insisting that it isn’t over, pending [...]
by Greg Walcher, E&E Legal Senior Policy Fellow As appearing in the Daily Sentinel Don’t you hate leading, when nobody follows? It’s the story of my life, so I don’t take it personally anymore. I have tried for years to lead a conversation about restoring healthy forests. Yet I continually look around and nobody’s there. [...]
by Greg Walcher, E&E Legal Senior Policy Fellow As appearing in the Daily Sentinel If I told you to go jump in a lake, you probably wouldn’t. You would know I didn’t actually want you to go jump in an actual lake. But if I took up a collection, and offered you money to go [...]
by Greg Walcher, E&E Legal Senior Policy Fellow As appearing in the Daily Sentinel Few new Supreme Court nominees have generated as much interest as Judge Amy Coney Barrett, because her confirmation could have far-reaching implications by upending the court’s decades-long liberal majority. More has already been written about Judge Barrett than my poor power [...]
by Greg Walcher, E&E Legal Senior Policy Fellow As appearing in the Daily Sentinel In 1998 the government added “Preble’s Meadow Jumping Mouse” to the endangered species list, a decision that has cost Front Range communities millions. The state argued that this “subspecies” is no different than ordinary field mice everywhere. A respected geneticist at [...]
by Greg Walcher, E&E Legal Senior Policy Fellow As appearing in the Daily Sentinel Willy Sutton famously told a reporter that he robbed banks for one simple reason: “That’s where the money is.” Now, it is as if someone said to him, “You can go ahead and steal money, but not from banks.” There have [...]
Click here to download a complete pdf version of E&E Legal Letters Issue XXVIII Summer. Click headlines for the full article. COVID-19 and Environmentalist Injustice by Steve Milloy, E&E Legal Senior Policy Fellow, as appearing on RealClear Energy Congress held a hearing last week on “the relationship between disproportionate exposures to environmental pollution and disproportionate effects of [...]
by Greg Walcher, E&E Legal Senior Policy Fellow As appearing in the Daily Sentinel Some years ago I spent a day burning ditches around my peach orchard, as many growers do every spring. The location near Interstate 70 allowed passing cars to see the fires (mine and a couple others), and several grabbed their cell [...]
by Greg Walcher, E&E Legal Senior Policy Fellow As appearing in the Daily Sentinel Who decided that the sound of a train whistle should be described as “lonesome?” I’ve been on a number of trains and in several stations, and there are plenty of people around. Yet the word “lonesome” has long been associated with [...]
by Greg Walcher, E&E Legal Senior Policy Fellow As appearing in the Daily Sentinel Thomas Marshall is one of only nine U.S. vice president to serve two full terms, though history has nearly forgotten him. He was popular at the time (1913-1921), partly because his speeches were so entertaining. A talented story and joke teller, [...]
