by Katy Grimes As Appearing in the California Globe ‘This willingness to report others is poisoning civilized behavior’ This desire to rat out neighbors, friends, and local businesses, who may or may not be violating the order to close or stay inside the home, is a cancer feeding the totalitarian impulses of certain politicians. Sacramento [...]
by Greg Walcher, E&E Legal Senior Policy Fellow As appearing in the Daily Sentinel The coronavirus pandemic has focused considerable attention on the supply chain for medical machinery, pharmaceuticals, and personal protective equipment like hospital gowns, masks, and gloves. Most Americans previously had little notion of how dependent the U.S. economy was on China and [...]
by Katy Grimes As Appearing in the California Globe We are at a completely different place than the state of New York’ Thursday will be two weeks since California Gov. Gavin Newsom issued his March 19th mandatory shelter-at-home order to the state’s 40 million residents. Since then, he predicted his order could extend into June. Gov. Newsom has been [...]
by Scott Waldman E&E News reporter Barack Obama took a thinly veiled swipe yesterday at President Trump for his handling of the novel coronavirus pandemic — warning that future generations would face a similar catastrophe if climate change is left unchecked. The former president doesn't often criticize his successor in public, but Obama took issue [...]
by Coral Davenport New York Times Reporter President Trump has made rolling back environmental regulations a centerpiece of his administration, moving to erase Obama-era efforts ranging from landmark fuel efficiency standards and coal industry controls to more routine rules on paint solvents and industrial soot. But all along, scientists and lawyers inside the federal government [...]
by Greg Walcher, E&E Legal Senior Policy Fellow As appearing in the Daily Sentinel The state of Wyoming is considering the purchase of a vast swath of land along the Union Pacific Railroad corridor, including over 1 million acres of surface and 4 million acres of mineral rights. The valuable resource is now owned by [...]
by Rowan Scarborough Washington Times The coronavirus pandemic has prompted colleges, think tanks, medical journals and governments to release scores of stats and studies — some good, while others fail peer review. The research touches on comparative death counts, the sneezing range of nose droplets, cigarettes and how long the deadly virus can last on [...]
by H. Sterling Burnett The Heartland Institute Members of the Republican congressional caucus have offered a slate of bills that would expand subsidies for and research into carbon-capture and sequestration. Members of the Republican congressional caucus have offered a slate of bills to expand subsidies for and research into carbon-capture and sequestration. The Republican bills [...]
by Katy Grimes As Appearing in the California Globe The snow depth in Blue Canyon, California, went from zero to 62 inches in just 3 days AccuWeather reported that after an absence of major storms for much of the winter, the Sierra Nevada mountain range region in California finally received some heavy snow, and looks [...]
by Greg Walcher, E&E Legal Senior Policy Fellow As appearing in the Daily Sentinel Coloradans who pay close attention to Western water issues have monitored California’s internal water wars for years. Leaders there have worked for decades to address long-term water shortages for farms in the San Joaquin Valley, while their giant metropolitan cities continue [...]
