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…
Tag: Regulation
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.
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…
Planners Want Control over Sugarloaf Mountain, Maryland, a Privately Owned Preserve
No good deed goes unpunished. That adage might be applied to Gordon Strong’s 1954 donation of Maryland’s Sugarloaf Mountain as a preserve for public use, while remaining in private hands. Stronghold, Inc., a nonprofit organization, owns most of the mountain and, until recently, intended to keep it open for public use (as it has been…
On Speeding Up Environmental Reviews, Joe Manchin May Have Lost Out
To support the “Inflation Reduction Act” that just cleared the Senate on a party vote, Senator Joe Manchin agreed to a “side deal.” According to the Washington Post that deal would streamline the permitting process for major energy projects, including a West Virginia gas pipeline. Among other things it would set a two-year maximum limit…
The Offshore Wind Energy Problem: Government Overregulation, Disincentives, and Anti-market Policies
This is a guest post by Jon Sanders, director of the Center for Food, Power, and Life at the John Locke Foundation in Raleigh, North Carolina. As a previous post on this site indicated, I have written a paper for the John Locke Foundation opposing the North Carolina governor’s plan for wind power offshore. Is…