by Greg Walcher, E&E Legal Senior Policy Fellow The Daily Sentinel My grandparents were avid card players, spending many happy hours with family playing hearts, rummy, pinochle and similar games. I remember occasionally, when Grandma was a little frustrated that someone was taking too long, she would say, “Well play something, even if it’s wrong.” [...]
Click here to download a complete PDF version of E&E Legal Letters Issue XLV Fall 2024. Click headlines for the full article. Top 10 Climate and Energy Action Items for President Trump E&E Legal along with Heartland, Committee for a Constructive Tomorrow (CFACT), Truth in Energy and Climate, and The American Energy Institute, recently released [...]
by Greg Walcher, E&E Legal Senior Policy Fellow The Daily Sentinel Alaska comprises nearly 20% of the entire U.S. at over 665,000 square miles, and is the richest state in natural resources. Yet it remains the most sparsely populated state, partly because of its isolation and weather, but largely because the federal government owns most [...]
by Greg Walcher, E&E Legal Senior Policy Fellow The Daily Sentinel A lot of jokes about Elon Musk are making the rounds, in light of his new role in identifying government waste, fraud and abuse. One says after he puts a car into orbit, outer space will be full of germs and diseases, no longer [...]
by Greg Walcher, E&E Legal Senior Policy Fellow The Daily Sentinel In the 1950 movie version of Grimm’s Fairy Tale, the cruel stepmother scolds Cinderella, “You clumsy little fool — clean that up!” But of course, it was the stepmother, not Cinderella, who made the mess. Sometimes it seems like the world is full of [...]
by Greg Walcher, E&E Legal Senior Policy Fellow The Daily Sentinel An early lesson I learned as a young staffer for the late Sen. Bill Armstrong was the importance of careful consideration. He disliked being rushed into hasty decisions and developed a standard response to any demand for immediate action. “If you need an answer [...]
by Greg Walcher, E&E Legal Senior Policy Fellow The Daily Sentinel A friend of mine tells stories that can be a bit long, so he often gets interrupted, as someone tries to change the subject. It never works. He just jumps back in with, “Well, as I was saying…” That’s where we are now in [...]
by Greg Walcher, E&E Legal Senior Policy Fellow The Daily Sentinel Range Magazine features a story called “Where the Desert Bloomed” about the Bend, Oregon, region along the Deschutes River. It could just as well be about the Grand Valley. It describes a once-arid desert turned into a lush valley of productive agriculture by irrigation [...]
by Greg Walcher, E&E Legal Senior Policy Fellow The Daily Sentinel In 1867, Harper’s Magazine published a story about Tennessee Congressman Davey Crockett and his encounter with an angry constituent. It began with Crockettt’s first House term in 1827, when there was a great fire in Georgetown. Many houses were burned and families made homeless, [...]
by Greg Walcher, E&E Legal Senior Policy Fellow The Daily Sentinel The Fifth Amendment is an essential part of the Bill of Rights, ensuring, “nor shall private property be taken for public use without just compensation.” Sometimes private property stands in the way of public progress, such as when highways are built. The public good [...]
