by Greg Walcher, E&E Legal Senior Policy Fellow As Appearing in the American Spectator Geologists at the Washington State Department of Natural Resources warn that an imminent landslide threatens the homes of about 70 people along a sliver of land called Rattlesnake Ridge. Residents have been offered five paid weeks at a hotel, and most [...]
by Janet Levy American Thinker Much of the disagreement over the use of America's natural resources stems from confusion over the difference between conservation and environmentalism. Conservation, a rational, conservative approach to protecting and preserving the environment, is an ethic of resource utilization. Conservationists view man as a natural, invested partner in the endeavor to preserve the [...]
by Greg Walcher, E&E Legal Senior Policy Fellow As Appearing in the Daily Sentinel There was a time when people unhappy with their government, and no longer able to tolerate the situation, would simply go somewhere else, and set up their own new communities. That is largely the story of the western frontier, but it [...]
by Greg Walcher, E&E Legal Senior Policy Fellow As appearing in the American Spectator Renewables are now blaming their shortcomings on the problems they’re intended to fix. If we continue to burn coal to generate electricity, we might destroy the Earth’s capacity to support life. If we switch to natural gas, then fracking might poison [...]
by Greg Walcher, E&E Legal Senior Policy Fellow As Appearing in the American Spectator Imagine that you own a house on a one-acre lot. The neighboring lot is vacant, and zoning rules allow anybody to build a similar house on it. So you decide to buy it and build a house for your daughter so [...]
by Greg Walcher, E&E Legal Senior Policy Fellow As appearing in The Daily Sentinel The front-page headline screamed in 40-point type: “EPA chief Pruitt met with many corporate execs. Then he made decisions in their favor.” A rare two-sentence headline! The Washington Post has broken the ultimate scandal, perhaps eclipsing even its own now-legendary 1973 [...]
by Greg Walcher, E&E Legal Senior Policy Fellow As Appearing in The Daily Sentinel Suzette Kelo bought what she thought was her dream house, a little pink cottage in Connecticut with a great view, where the Thames River flows into Long Island Sound. She lovingly restored the home, but her dream didn’t last. When a [...]
by Greg Walcher, E&E Legal Senior Policy Fellow As Appearing in The Daily Sentinel One of Shakespeare’s most famous lines comes when Hamlet asks his mother how she reacts to a certain character’s effusive and flowery language, and she responds, “The lady doth protest too much, methinks.” It’s among the bard’s many lines still quoted [...]
by E&E Legal's Senior Policy Fellow Greg Walcher As Appearing in the Grand Junction Daily Sentinel Last fall, California Gov. Jerry Brown signed a law requiring his state to reduce its greenhouse gas emissions 40 percent below 1990 levels. That ratchets the state’s already severe limits down even tighter, now requiring a reduction to levels [...]
by Greg Walcher, E&E Legal Senior Policy Fellow As appearing in the Daily Sentinel President Trump this week kept a campaign promise, one especially important to the West, ordering the EPA to withdraw its controversial “Waters of the United States” (WOTUS) regulation. It’s a welcome decision, though a great deal of work must be done now. [...]
