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Babbitt’s Credibility in Question After Exaggerated ESA Claims
Opinion -With his widely reported May 5 announcement that he was removing 33 species of flora and fauna from the endangered species list, Interior Secretary Bruce Babbitt no doubt hoped to defuse the raging controversy surrounding how the federal government -
Supreme Court Allows Landowners Hurt by ESA to Sue
Opinion -In a landmark victory for farmers, ranchers, and other private property owners, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled on March 19 that persons adversely affected by the Endangered Species Act (ESA) can sue the government. -
Are Property Rights Facing Extinction?
Opinion -On June 29, 1995, the United States Supreme Court upheld a government regulation that purports to protect endangered species. But what the Court really did was validate the government's continued taking of millions of acres of private land as "habitat. -
What Exactly Is a Rooftop State?
Opinion -Colorado has often been called the “rooftop state” because the water that falls on Colorado flows to other states, with virtually none flowing in. -
Florida Wildlife Raise More Doubts About Climate Fearmongering
Opinion -“Scientific studies,” activist fundraising pitches and “news” stories about apocalyptic threats to Earth’s wildlife are as ubiquitous as trees in the Pacific Northwest. -
Improving the Environment, One Plant at a Time
Opinion -Indeed, mankind is the only species that not only can improve the environment, but regularly does so, on purpose. -
Brother Love the Earth’s Traveling Salvation Show
Opinion -Former National Audubon Society COO Dan Beard once confessed, “What you get in your mailbox is a never-ending stream of shrill crisis-related material designed to evoke emotions so that you will sit down and write a check.” Neil Diamond sang, “Pack up the babies and grab the old ladies, And everyone goes, ‘Cause everyone knows […] -
Climate Change Weekly # 571—The Endangerment Finding Is Gone, but for How Long?
Opinion -Legacy Climate Change Weekly -Since its passage, the IRA resulted in billions of dollars being wasted on various green boondoggles. -
Trump Is Breaking Communist China’s Chokehold on Rare Earth Elements
Opinion -Editorial -You’d be crazy to buy a car based solely on its shiny exterior, dazzling instruments, and gorgeous leather interior – but without examining the engine or taking a test drive. -
Supreme Court Nips NEPA – A Good Start
Opinion -Editorial -County Commissioners there had challenged the Surface Transportation Board’s approval of the 88-mile rail line, proposed by seven Utah counties as a vital transportation connection from the oil-rich region to the national rail network. -
From Cloned Sheep to Wooly Mammoths
Opinion -For years there has been speculation about recreating the wooly mammoth, for example, because there are frozen carcasses to work with. -
Spain’s impossible dream of ‘green’ electricity
Opinion -Editorial -They’ve erected over 22,000 gigantic windmills, to harness the wind and generate electricity. Portugal has nearly 3,000. Together, when conditions are perfect, they can generate almost 38 gigawatts. -
Zombies That Can Never Be Killed
Opinion -Nowadays, the Congressional Budget Office issues annual reports on “expired and expiring authorizations,” and the number and scope of such programs – now called “zombie programs” – is stunning. -
Mine, Baby, Mine – Right Here in the USA!
Opinion -President Trump's termination of climate, wind and solar programs will benefit wild, scenic and agricultural lands all across Planet Earth — and America's mineral-rich public lands can be explored with minimal impacts on the ecological values we all cherish. -
Climate Change Weekly # 533 —Trump’s Energy and Climate EOs Thus Far: Pt. 2
Opinion -Legacy Climate Change Weekly -A study in Nature finds plants have been absorbing 31 percent more carbon dioxide from the atmosphere than previously assumed and modeled. -
Confusion Grows Over Offshore Wind Controls
Opinion -Confusion is the price of progress. -
Federal Agencies Should Look in the Mirror
Opinion -A lawsuit against the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS), filed by the Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation and the Property and Environment Research Center (PERC) has again focused attention on an agency blaming everyone but itself. -
Climate Change Weekly # 526: Some Suggestions on Climate and Environmental Policy for the New Sheriff in Town
Opinion -Legacy Climate Change Weekly -A study in Nature finds plants have been absorbing 31 percent more carbon dioxide from the atmosphere than previously assumed and modeled. -
Top 10 Climate and Energy Action Items for President Trump in His Second Term
Publication -The faster President Trump can implement these policies recommended by Heartland and others, the faster our economy will soar. -
“Cumulative Impact” Should Work Both Ways
Opinion -Maybe before issuing any new rules, federal officials ought to be required to account for their cumulative impact. -
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Appeals Court Rules Physicians Can Assert Their First Amendment Rights
Publication -A federal appeals court ruled physicians have standing to sue specialty boards that threaten their constitutionally protected speech, in one of several cases alleging censorship. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit remanded to a district court a lawsuit by the Association of American Physicians and Surgeons (AAPS) that alleges federal agencies and […] -
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U.S. Supreme Court Ignores Precedents in Abortion Pill Case
Publication -A U.S. Supreme Court ruling will keep the abortion pill available, with the justices declining to decide the merits of the case. In FDA v. Alliance for Hippocratic Medicine, the high court ruled unanimously the plaintiffs lacked standing, meaning they did not show an injury to themselves, on June 13. The court did not rule […] -
Biden’s Policies Threaten Small Lobster Fishers and Right Whales
Opinion -From 2020 to 2022, NOAA has determined that no right whales were injured from entanglement in Maine lobster fishing gear. Evidence cited in the lawsuit filed by the Maine Lobstermen’s Association and the State of Maine’s Department of Marine Resources indicate that there has never been a documented whale death or serious injury linked to the Maine lobster fishery. -
Freedom Advocates Are the Right Whale’s Best Hope
Opinion -The North Atlantic Right Whale Consortium has abandoned the North Atlantic Right Whale to offshore wind.
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