by Greg Walcher, E&E Legal Senior Policy Fellow
As appearing in the Daily Sentinel
A 1985 comedy/horror film called “Return of the Living Dead” became a cult classic, redefining zombies as brain-eating creatures who can run and talk, survive bullets, and terrorize the city of Louisville. That is, until they encounter a group of punk teenagers – always the heroes of such films. The movie was called a “mordant punk comedy” by the New York Times, though to me it seemed more mordant, and morbid, than comedic.
Horror films all have a common characteristic. Namely, however many times bad guys are killed, they keep coming back. In politics, the same is true of bad ideas, and we are about to experience the return of several ideological zombies. Think Waters of the U.S. (WOTUS), Paris climate treaty, clean power plan, or Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument, for example. Perhaps the most brain-devouring concept among many is the idea of regulating that dangerous pollutant, carbon dioxide (CO2).
