The federal government should transfer permitting authority to states under the Clean Water Act 404 program.
Tag: regulation
Species recovery depends on establishing better incentives
An Endangered Species Act regulation undermines incentives to conserve and recover species, while also harming property owners and the economy.
To protect endangered species, secure property rights
To protect endangered species, we need to rely more on property rights and less on regulation.
If the Endangered Species Act were a doctor, it would lose its medical license
The Endangered Species Act is popular, despite an abysmal recovery rate, because of survey bias, voter ignorance, and poor debate.
Regulations should be judged at the margins
Regulations can’t be defended based on overall costs v. benefits, but must be justified on the margins.
A monument to presidential excess
The big news this week was the President’s declaration of Bear’s Ears and Gold Butte national monuments, totaling a little … More
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
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
‘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
Why do property owners care about critical habitat?
Recently, 18 states announced that they were challenging the Fish and Wildlife Service’s new critical habitat regulations. For decades, the … More
