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Tag Archive for: EPA
Environmental Justice – Why Conservatives Should Care

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 . . . “

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

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!?

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

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?

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
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???

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

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

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

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
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

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

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

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

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

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?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Really good news in the Wall Street Journal this week on the bump in economic activity from the U.S....
Trash Talking

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

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

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?!

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?

Calling all Good Samaritans

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

By Brent Fewell Promising news flowing from the Chesapeake Bay. U.S. EPA is reporting that pollutants, such as phosphorous,...
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