EPA Proposes More Oversight of Manufacture and Import of Chemicals
EPA plans to monitor five groups of chemicals to prevent harmful new uses.
Rule of Law Prevails in Sackett v. EPA
Don’t believe either the environmentalists or the property rights supporters.
Supreme Court Allows Legal Challenge to EPA Authority to Proceed
Unanimous court authorizes direct judicial review of EPA water pollution orders.
The Budget Roadmap to the Regulatory State
Obama’s 2013 budget reveals priorities for environment, financial reform, and health care.
EPA Regulates Emissions from PVC Production Facilities
Decade-long process culminates in toxic air emissions standards for PVC producers.
Mitt Romney’s Ideas about Environmental and Energy Policy
Republican front-runner proposes reining in regulation while increasing production of domestic energy sources.
Taking Regulation Seriously
President Obama’s joke about spilled milk helps illustrate the need to understand how regulations actually work.
Judicially Enforced Notice-and-Comment Rulemaking Systematically Biases Results in Favor of Regulated Firms
The rulemaking process in the United States is slow and biased toward business.
The Need for a Judicial Check on Regulatory Compliance Orders
The Supreme Court should hold in favor of judicial review in Sackett v. EPA.
Environmental Enforcement: More Than Just a Cost of Doing Business
Economists investigate responses to civil and criminal enforcements of environmental violations.
Regulatory Opinion: Year in Review
The REINS Act, the ozone standard, regulatory reform, cost-benefit analysis, the Affordable Care Act, and Dodd-Frank, and more … as discussed in our top opinion posts from 2011.
Regulatory Year in Review: 2011
Cost-benefit analysis, Europe’s E. coli outbreak, health care antitrust, environmental regulation, and more … as discussed in our top analysis posts from 2011.