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Surprise, you’re governor! How will you fix climate change?
The DIY repair guide for fixing a broken climate system.
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Trump administration rolls back protections for migratory birds, drawing bipartisan condemnation
Under the new interpretation, the Migratory Bird Treaty Act forbids only intentional killing -- such as hunting or killing birds to get their feathers -- without a permit.
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Critical List: Carbon dioxide hits 400 ppm in the Arctic; bedbugs don’t like boozy blood
Carbon dioxide levels in the Arctic have reached 400 parts per million (ppm). Once upon a time, they were 275 ppm. 350 ppm is considered a decent level to aim for these days. Peanut butter and deli meats have traces of flame retardant in them. Fishing fleets don’t care what regulators say — they’ll fish […]
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Rick Santorum rewrites the history of clean air in America
Here is a video of Rick Santorum lying about the history of clean air in America and specifically Pittsburgh.
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Coal-burning energy company demands more regulation
Baltimore company Constellation Energy has retrofitted two coal-burning power plants in anticipation of new EPA emissions laws. Now a lawsuit has delayed the new regulations from being enacted, and Constellation is pissed; if they're going to shell out $885 million to be in compliance, by god everyone else should have to, too. So they're flipping a Uie from usual energy company behavior, and agitating for stricter rules.
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Why electricity markets will never be (totally) free
Over the past few years, the U.S. electricity grid has begun a massive, underappreciated, and largely unintentional transition away from coal to natural gas. Because nobody decided on a shift to gas, or directed such a shift, many people have mistaken the transition for the outcome of a “free market.” It’s an easy mistake to […]
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Behind closed doors, Obama administration politicizes the regulatory process
When former Harvard Law Professor and eclectic intellectual Cass Sunstein was named administrator of the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs (OIRA), conservative, industry-oriented Wall Street Journal editorial writers enthused that his appointment was a “promising sign.” A slew of subsequent events has proved their optimism well placed, as we have noted repeatedly in CPRBlog. […]
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Give Thanks for Regulations
In the Broadway hit musical, “Book of Mormon,” a woman from Uganda envisions paradise as a place where warlords are benevolent and the Red Cross hands out as much flour as you can eat. In other words, the things that inspire hope and gratitude in any part of the world are in the eye of […]
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Pollution is not the secret to job creation
Economic analysis shows that contrary to GOP hype, environmental regulation does not lead to significant job loss.
