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Environmental Justice – Why Conservatives Should Care
, , The Environment and Politics, environmental justice, environmental pollution, EPA, Jack Kemp, principles of conservatism, Scott Pruitt, 0 Environmental Justice (EJ) is back in the news this week as Democratic members of Congress introduce legislation that would...
“If They Won’t Lead, We Will . . . “
, , Climate Change, Apple, Budget, climate change, Deregulation, Economic Growth, Energy and Environment, energy independence, EPA, Janet McCabe, Jim Connaughton, Jonathan Turley, Mother Jones, Myron Ebell, Trump, Walmart, Xavier Becerra, 0 Those were the defiant and recalcitrant words of California’s Attorney General, Xavier Becerra, this past week in response to...
Reagan’s Environmental Chief Cautions Trump Administration
, , The Environment and Politics, Ann Gorsuch, clean air, clean water, EPA, Rita Lavelle, Scott Pruitt, William Ruckelshaus, 0 Sharing a recent NYT op-ed by William Ruckelshaus. Wise counsel from the former EPA Administrator under Presidents Nixon and...
Scott Pruitt is the Next EPA Administrator – Now What!?
, , Conservative Conservationism, common sense solutions, DOI, Donald Trump, endangered species, EPA, Fish & Wildlife, Good Samaritan, Sand County Foundation, Scott Pruitt, Trout Unlimited, 0 Scott Pruitt, former Attorney General for Oklahoma, was confirmed today as EPA’s Administrator, on a Senate vote of 52-46....
Trump’s Nominee for EPA – Resetting Cooperative Federalism
, , The Environment and Politics, Clean Power Plan, cooperative federalism, EPA, President-elect Trump, Scott Pruitt, waters of the U.S., 0 This past week brought another Trump nominee, Scott Pruitt, Oklahoma’s Attorney General, who was named to lead the U.S....
Can EPA and Other Feds Lead by Getting Out of the Way?
, , Conservative Conservationism, conservation, cooperative federalism, endangered species, environmental protection, EPA, natural resource management, subsidiarity, water quality, 0 Jim Huffman has a thoughtful article in the most recent issue of the PERC Reports titled Designing Institutions for...
Flint Michigan Water Crisis – A Nonpartisan Disaster
, , Water Issues, corrosion inhibitor, Democrats, EPA, Flint Michigan, Governor Rick Snyder, lead and copper rule, lead in water, MDEQ, public health crisis, Rachel Madow, Sturgis, water contamination, 0 The story of how Flint, Michigan’s children were poisoned with lead is long, complicated, and filled with human errors...
Should Costs Matter in EPA Rule-Making???
, , Energy and Resource Extraction, Cost Benefits, EPA, George Washington Regulatory Studies Center, Mercury and Air Toxics, rulemaking, Supreme Court, Susan Dudley, 0 As one who is unwavering in his support for strong regulations protecting the environment, there are times when I’m...
“Food & Water Lies” – FWW Stands in the Way of Environmental Protection
, , Free-Market Environmentalism, Clean Water Act, Crunchy Con, environmental markets, environmental protection, EPA, farmers, Food & Water Watch, Greenpeace, impaired waters, non-point sources, NRDC, point sources, Rod Dreher, TMDL, water quality trading, Zach Corrigan, 0 Rod Dreher, one of my favorite conservative authors, once wrote the following as part of his 10-point crunchy con...
The Realm of Environmental Possibility – Good Samaritans to the Rescue
, , Water Issues, abandoned hardrock mines, acid mine drainage, Animas River, EPA, Good Samaritans, Trout Unlimited, watershed cleanup, WGA, 0 The tragic mining spill in the Animas River this summer has brought renewed vigor and attention on the need...
EPA Deems Fracking Safe to Drinking Water and Public Health
, , Energy and Resource Extraction, Cheap Energy Revolution, drinking water, environmental protection, EPA, fracking, groundwater resources, NRDC, oil and gas, public health, 0 After many years of study, EPA this week released a comprehensive report on the practice of hydraulic fracturing –...
Clean Water: America’s Great Unfinished Agenda
, , Water Issues, clean water, EPA, green infrastructure, Green Investment, Loan Guarantees, SRF, water quality, 0 Sixty years ago, kids swimming in the Great Lakes could be up to their necks in water, look down,...
Congress Dips Its Toe Into Troubled Waters
, , Water Issues, Congress, Corps of Engineers, EPA, federal jurisdiction, JP Woodley, Ken Kopocis, Rapanos, SWANCC, Waters of the US, WOTUS, 0 On Wednesday, the House Appropriations Energy and Water Subcommittee met to mark up the Fiscal Year (FY) 2016 Energy...
Virginia is Eating Our Lunch . . . and Our Crabs – Maryland needs a new playbook on environmental restoration
, , Free-Market Environmentalism, Brent Fults, Chesapeake Bay, Chesapeake Bay Nutrient Land Trust, Environmental Banc & Exchange, EPA, George Kelly, Gina McCarthy, Maryland, nutrient trading, Tom Vilsack, Tracy Mehan, USDA, Virginia, 0 Maryland’s recent election was about change. It was about improving the economy, creating more jobs, and reducing government spending...
Mehan Talks “Waters of the U.S.” at the Farm Foundation Forum
, , Agriculture and Environment, Agriculture and conservation, Army Corps of Engineers, Chris Clayton, Clean Water Act, environmental federalism, EPA, Farm Foundation, jurisdictional waters, significant nexus, The Progressive Farmer, Tracy Mehan, waters of the U.S., wetlands, 0 Those of you who have been following EPA’s proposed rule redefining the term “Waters of the U.S.” and the...
Lake Erie Bites Back with a Vengeance – Water Impacted by Harmful Algal Bloom
, , Water Issues, biotoxins, contaminated drinking water, cyanobacteria, drinking water, EPA, harmful algal blooms, Lake Erie, Lesley D'Anglada, microcystins, public health, Toledo Ohio, 0 So what would you do upon waking one morning with coffee in hand, you turn on the news, and...
Accelerating Environmental Protection Through New Market Approaches
, , Free-Market Environmentalism, accelerating environmental restoration, Benjamin Grumbles, BNA, Brooks Smith, Chesapeake Bay, conservation, EPA, Gulf of Mexico, market-based environmentalism, TMDL, Tracy Mehan, water impairments, water quality, water quality trading, 0 Linking here to an article this past week that my friend and law partner, Brooks Smith, and I wrote for...
Climate Change – has our desire to do good overridden good science?
, , Climate Change, AGW, climate change, Daniel Botkin, EPA, House Science Committee, IPCC, Steve Hayward, 0 EPA’s major news this week to regulate CO2 has evoked a lot of emotion. Depending upon your understanding of the...
Faith, Fauna and Climate Change
, , Religion and Nature, AGW, anthropogenic global warming, astrophysics, Christian stewardship, Creation Care, environmental stewardship, EPA, EWG, Hubble telescope, Jane Houlihan, William Blair, 0 I consider myself fortunate to attend a church, St. Johns Episcopal, whose parishioners are thoughtful not only about matters...
New Dawn for Emerging Water Markets – 21st Century Tools
, , Free-Market Environmentalism, Ben Grumbles, Bob Perciasepe, Congressional hearing, Ellen Gilinsky, environmental markets, EPA, House T&I, James Pletl, Mike Shapiro, Nancy Stoner, Peter Tennant, The Role of Water Quality Trading in Achieving Clean Water Act Objectives, Tracy Mehan, water quality trading, 0 I’m honored to have the opportunity to testify next week before Congress on the topic of water quality trading...
Steady Progress in the ORB Means Improvements in the Gulf of Mexico
, , Featured Article, Water Issues, Agriculture, David Schoenbrod, dead zone, Edmund Burke, EPA, EPRI, government, Gulf of Mexico, hypoxia, Jessica Fox, Laura Huggins, little platoons, market-based environmentalism, Ohio River Basin, Roger Pielke Jr., Roger Scruton, Ted Nordhaus, Tracy Mehan, USDA, water quality trading, 0 Many of you have probably detected a theme and undertone to this blog. That is, for us to fix...
The Graduate, 2014: Chemistry on the Rise
, , Conservative Conservationism, agricultural, conservation, environmental impacts, EPA, MTBE, pharmaceutical, plastics, recyclable, reuseable, throw away society, unintended consequences, waste-to-energy, 2 In the iconic 1960’s era movie “The Graduate,” a young Dustin Hoffman is given one-word career advice: Plastics. In...
How Safe is Our Drinking Water
, , Water Issues, Congress, drinking water, Elizabeth Shogren, emergency planning, EPA, Freedom Industries, Jim Salzman, NPR, safety, source water protection, SPCC, spill contingency, 0 I was interviewed yesterday by Elizabeth Shogren of NPR on the safety of tap water. Ms. Shogren was...
Protecting Water Resources While Safeguarding Against Government Overreach
, , Water Issues, Agriculture, agriculture conservation, Clean Water Act, DOJ, environmental protection, EPA, EPA's Private Problem, government overreach, Jillian Kay Melchior, Jonathan Turley, nonpoint source pollution, NRO, privacy, Richard Epstein, rise of fourth branch of government, Sackett, Safe Drinking Water Act, smart farming, water resource protection, West Virginia Water Spill, 4 Lots to cover on the water front this week, from the spill in West Virginia causing over 300,000 to...
Drill-Baby-Drill – But Responsibly and Sustainably
, , Energy and Resource Extraction, BASF, Center for Sustainable Shale Development, EDF, energy costs, energy production, environmental protection, EPA, fracking, Fred Krupp, George Mitchell, natural gas, oil and gas, PEC, Pennsylvania, shale gas, WSJ, 0 Really good news in the Wall Street Journal this week on the bump in economic activity from the U.S....
Trash Talking
, , Energy and Resource Extraction, Chris Kennedy, Daniel Hoornweg, environmental impacts, EPA, fast food, landfill capacity, Methane to Markets, nature, Perinaz Bhada-Tata, plastic bags, plastics, solid waste generation, trash, Victoria Ludwig, Waste Production Must Peak This Century, 0 For our household, soccer is a weekend mainstay. As typical weekends go, this one was no different, aside from enjoying...
Good Intentions Leading to Bad Policy – The Ethanol Quagmire
, , Agriculture and Environment, biofuel, Cato, CEI, cellulosic ethanol, EPA, ethanol, EWG, Grist, John Upton, Myron Ebbell, RFS, Scott Faber, 0 The American Petroleum Institute this week filed suit against EPA, seeking to overturn the agency’s renewable fuel standards that...
Busy as a bee, unless you have CCD
, , Conservative Conservationism, Species Protection, The Environment and Politics, American Bird Conservancy, bees dying, birds, Colony Collapse Disorder, ConservAmerica, Dr. Pierre Mineau, EPA, Forbes, Henry Miller, immune system, IUCN, neonicotinoids, pesticides, 0 By Brent Fewell Linking to a report over at ConservAmerica regarding the recent collapse of bee colonies here in...
Why legalize weed – just drink the water?!
, , Water Issues, Dispose-My-Meds, drinking water, drugs, drugs in water, EPA, NCPA, NRDC, pharmaceuticals, PPCPs, surface water, take-back programs, United Water, USGS, water, water quality, 2 By Brent Fewell A recent WSJ article highlights an increasingly important issue with which society is slowly grappling, drugs in...
The Bureaucratization of Environmentalism – can we survive good intentions?
, , Conservative Conservationism, Water Issues, bridge, bureaucratization, bureaucrats, conservative, environmentalism, EPA, incentives, Orvis, Rockville, stormwater, stream, Trout Unlimited, water, water quality, wildlife habitat, 4 Calling all Good Samaritans
, , Conservative Conservationism, Water Issues, abandoned mines, Ben Grumbles, Chris Wood, environmental stewardship, EPA, Good Samaritan, Patty Limerick, Snowbird, Tiffany & Co., Trout Unlimited, water, water quality, 3 We all know the parable told by Jesus regarding the sojourner who was robbed, pillaged, and left to die...
Nature’s Resilience – Chesapeake Bay and Signs of Hope
, , Conservative Conservationism, Free-Market Environmentalism, Water Issues, Alex Beehler, Alex Echols, Ann Mills, Arlen Lancaster, Benjamin Grumbles, Bruce Knight, CBF, Chesapeake Bay, conservation, Cy Jones, Dan Nees, EPA, Katie McGinty, market-based conservation, nutrient trading, PADEP, Paul Faeth, Peter Hughes, Pinchot Institute, Ricardo Bayon, stormwater, Tracy Mehan, water quality, water quality trading, wildlife, WRI, 2 By Brent Fewell Promising news flowing from the Chesapeake Bay. U.S. EPA is reporting that pollutants, such as phosphorous,...
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