The Ozone Standard as Presidential Policy: Some Concerns
Obama’s short-term decision dangerously contradicts long-term legislative policy.
New Recommendations for Valuing Mortality Risk Reductions
EPA’s Science Advisory Board offers recommendations to improve cost-benefit analysis.
Agencies Should Provide Enhanced Procedural Protections in Aggregate Settlements
Agencies fail to provide necessary fairness when they compensate large groups of people.
EPA Releases Plan to Review Environmental Regulations
Following Executive Order 13563, EPA plans to review and revise some of its rules.
The Myths of Benefit-Cost Analysis
Congress should resist the popular misconceptions of the critics of benefit-cost analysis.
Balancing Confidentiality and Transparent Reporting of Greenhouse Gas Emissions
EPA and the EU differ over how to respect confidential business information while enforcing environmental regulation.
State of the Union and Responses Highlight Key Differences Over Regulation
President Obama and Republican leaders debate health care, environmental regulation, and other regulatory issues.
EPA Announces Climate Change Regulation Will Not Take Effect Until After the 2010 Elections
Agency clarifies that it will not implement greenhouse gas regulations for at least one more year.
On Shedding Calories and Disclosing Information
Studies question whether nutrition disclosure laws are effective in reducing calorie intake.
EPA Considers Closing Down Voluntary Programs
The impacts of agency’s decision to end voluntary regulatory compliance programs may be difficult to evaluate.