The Supreme Court has agreed to take up a case (Loper Bright Enterprises et. al vs. Raimondo) that will revisit a past Supreme Court decision known as the “Chevron precedent.” If the Court overturns or modifies that precedent, it would weaken agencies’ power to regulate. A group of New Jersey fishing companies has sued the…
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Tuesday’s Links
- PERC warns against tightening particulate standards—tighter standards would preclude prescribed fires.
- Can you make regulation even more onerous? Biden just did it.
- California insists on all-electric trucks.
- “Climate Change Papers You Should Read.” A guide by David Legates for Cornwall Alliance.
- 2023 Farm Bill going green? Activists push for a “food waste reduction office” in USDA , funded at $120 million a year.
Appellate Court Throws Out Berkeley Ban on Gas Hookups, But Activists See Workarounds
On April 17, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals overturned the ban by Berkeley, California, on using natural gas in new construction. The court decided that the 1975 federal Energy and Conservation Act Law (EPCA) preempts local regulation of natural gas, Jonathan Adler in the Volokh Conspiracy said. Adler quoted the leading judge’s opinion: “By…
A Sad Commentary on Earth Day 2023
Sterling Burnett of the Heartland Institute ponders whether this is Earth Day or Vladimir Lenin’s birthday (it is both). He recounts recent governmental regulations affecting gas stoves, lightbulbs, electric cars and says: “This year, the authoritarian leanings of the elitist environmental cabal inside and outside the Biden administration are on full display. Never in the…
This Morning’s Links
- Small Pacific Islands aren’t shrinking from sea level rise; many are growing.
- ‘The sites for mining materials required to build wind, solar, and EV batteries are under minimal-to-nonexistent labor, wage, environmental, reclamation, and worker health and safety regulations.’
- Columnist Deroy Murdock calls out ‘Emperor’ Biden’s new clothes.
- Bangladeshi are innovating in agriculture—but not due to climate change, as NPR claims.
- ‘There has been no rise in global temperatures from July 2015 to March 2023.’
- ‘Atmosphere warming at half the rate predicted by climate models.’
A Weak Defense of ESG in Investing
Two writers on the Harvard Business Review blog claim that ESG (that is, adding environmental, social, and governance criteria to investment decisions) is not bad when you stick to the straight and narrow: identifying material risks from non-financial criteria. “To us, ESG is simply about identifying material risk factors that matter to company profitability and…