In addition to being known for successful state management, Florida governor Ron DeSantis has a good environmental record, writes James B. Meigs in the Manhattan Institute’s City Journal. His article is titled “Ron DeSantis, Conservationist.” Although not a free market environmentalist, DeSantis has withstood special interests, especially sugar growers; increased state funding for dealing with fertilizer…
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Families Are Saving Food Scraps in California. Why?
California is gearing up to carry out its 2016 organics recycling law. Under that law, families must separate not just recyclables from trash, but food waste from recyclables—so it can be composted. They will be fined if they don’t do it by 2024. Some of the compost is sold to farmers. However, according to Gosia…
The Dangerous Turn to Conservation Syndicates
For 30 years, I was an appraiser and a frequent expert witness on the value of property. Sometimes government agencies would condemn property under eminent domain, and I would estimate what the agency should pay the owner; at other times, I estimated the value of land or easements given to a conservation group such as…
Interior Dept. Speeds Approval of Energy Projects—Wind and Solar, That Is
There’s no slow-walking of renewable energy projects at the Bureau of Land Management, E & E News tells us. “The Biden administration says it’s set to approve dozens of commercial-scale solar, wind and geothermal power projects capable of producing enough electricity to power millions of homes by the end of 2025. “The Interior Department, in…
Unpleasant Truths about Minerals for Electric Vehicles
Will the minerals needed for electric car production come from the U. S . or (more likely) overseas? Maxine Joselow writes in the Washington Post: “Prices of key minerals are skyrocketing amid the pandemic and Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, potentially increasing the cost of electric vehicles and other technologies crucial to the clean energy transition….
The SEC Drops Its Climate Change Bomb
On March 21, the Securities and Exchange Commission (by a 3-1 vote) told public companies they must disclose the risks that climate change may have on their financial future. In its press release, the SEC said the requirement “would include disclosure of a registrant’s greenhouse gas emissions, which have become a commonly used metric to…