For nearly 100 years, a copper smelter near Opportunity, Montana dumped tons of toxic metals, arsenic, and lead on its … More
Tag: Pacific Legal Foundation
We need monumental creativity to resolve Antiquities Act conflicts
We need monumental creativity to resolve Antiquities Act conflicts, which is threatened by both sides digging in.
Supreme Court’s muddled definition of property undermines and politicizes conservation
The Supreme Court’s vague definition of “property” undermines free-market environmentalism.
Competition among states is the driving force behind environmental policy innovation
Just as competition leads to innovation in the economy, and crony capitalism leads to sluggishness, competition among states is the driving force behind environmental policy innovation.
A monumental obstacle to sustainable fishing
Ocean monuments violate the Antiquities Act. But, more fundamentally, the monument process is antithetical to liberty.
Limits on states’ influence over federal lands cut both ways
If red states must accept Congress’ decisions about federal lands, blue states do too.
States cannot veto Congress’ decisions to put federal lands to productive uses
If Republican states have to accept Congress’ decisions to restrict the use of federal lands, Democratic states have to accept decisions to encourage productive use of these lands.
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.
Should you go to jail if you can’t recognize every endangered species?
[Update: since this post, we’ve asked the Court to rule against this radical attempt to expand the criminal reach of the … More
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
