Federalism should always drive environmental policy, not just when the President is opposed to environmentalists.
Category: Clean Air Act
What sort of federal environmental reform will we get?
Congress and the Trump administration should pursue federalism and libertarian environmentalist reforms, rather than legislating against the environment.
Politics above principle: environmentalists against a carbon tax
Lost in the much bigger election day surprise was news that a Washington state referendum to adopt a carbon tax, … More
Federal prosecutors’ new favorite weapon: environmental criminal law
The Financial Times reports on federal prosecutors’ growing and aggressive use of the criminal provisions in several environmental statutes, even … More
The constitutional stakes of New Jersey’s sports gambling case
This weekend, the Daily Caller published a piece that I co-authored with CEI’s Michelle Minton. It begins Against all odds, … More
Policing for profit in private environmental enforcement
With the presumed lack of interest in environmental enforcement from the incoming administration, it’s probably safe to say that environmental groups … More
Sports gambling case could have severe repercussions for environmental policy
At first blush, sports gambling and the environment would seem to have little in common. Yet, as I explain in … More
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