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If the goal is to guide human action, environmental markets work better than indecipherable regulations

One of the greatest strengths of free market environmentalism approaches to environmental problems is that they facilitate the development of … More

Clean Water Act, free market environmentalism, libertarian environmentalism, overcriminalization, overregulation, Rapanos, Supreme Court, water pollution, Waters of the United States, WOTUS

Protecting the environment does not require us to abandon the rule of law

This week, briefing began in WildEarth Guardians v. U.S. Department of Justice, a case of critical importance to anyone concerned about … More

environment, free market environmentalism, incentives, knowledge, libertarian, libertarian environmentalism, McKittrick, McKittrick Policy, overcrim, overcriminalization, overregulation, Property Rights, regulation

The inevitable overregulation and overcriminalization of environmental law

A four-year battle between the federal government and Duarte Nursery over the farm’s plowing of a field to plant wheat—for … More

administrative law, Andy Johnson, Clean Water Act, Duarte Nursery, Endangered Species Act, McKittrick Policy, overcriminalization, overregulation

A government of laws, and not of men

Early this week, the Boston Globe reported on the nightmare a New Hampshire retailer experienced when he caught the attention … More

administrative agencies, administrative law, arbitrary, bureaucracy, discretion, environment, government of laws not men, libertarian environmentalism, overregulation, regulation, rule of law

Bureaucracy for bureaucracy’s sake

Earlier this week, the Boston Globe reported on the bureaucratic nightmare that a New Hampshire retailer experienced with he caught the … More

Andy Johnson v EPA, bureaucracy, bureaucrats, Clean Water Act, CWA, Johnson v EPA, libertarian environmentalism, overcriminalization, overregulation, permit, regulation

‘Ignorance of the law is no excuse’ leads to bureaucratic nightmares

The Boston Globe reports the nightmare that a small New Hampshire retailer experienced when he caught the eye of bureaucrats … More

bureaucracy, bureaucrats, Endangered Species Act, environment, ESA, ignorance of the law is no excuse, overcriminalization, overregulation, permit requirements, regulation

Regulation can harm the environment

Over the last few weeks, I’ve had several op-eds published explaining why the overreliance on regulation may be undermining the … More

4(d), editorial, Endangered Species Act, environment, ESA, ESA 4(d), law review article, op-ed, overregulation, Pacific Legal Foundation, petition, PLF, Property Rights, regulation, take, take prohibition, threatened species

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