My Take on Energy Department’s Prompt Letter to FERC
The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) is the federal agency responsible for regulating interstate power flows, but the Department of Energy Organization Act authorizes the Department of...
View ArticleSenate Budget Resolution Breathes Life into ANWR
By a 51-49 vote, the Senate this past week passed a budget resolution that creates a fast-track process for writing legislation to permit drilling in the Alaska National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR).Congress...
View ArticleEPA Administrator Pruitt's Welcome Efforts to End Sue and Settle
On October 15, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Scott Pruitt issued a directive taking on the practice known as “sue and settle,” whereby environmental special interests...
View ArticleEPA Administrator Pruitt Cleans Up Advisory Committees
Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Scott Pruitt today is going to announce a new agency policy whereby independent science advisors cannot be funded by agency grants. This post explains the...
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Trump Administration Nominates Holly Greaves to Most Important EPA Post...
epa-seal.pngReports E&E News’s Kevin Bogardus & Hannah Northey ($): President Trump this afternoon tapped U.S. [Environmental Protection Agency] Administrator Scott Pruitt’s senior budget aide...
View ArticleDebunking the 'Race to the Bottom' Theory of Regulatory Competition
Its success in policymaking notwithstanding, the "race to the bottom" theory has fared poorly with the passage of time.
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