How to Improve Allocations of Regulatory Authority
A recent dispute illustrates how policymakers often miss crucial insights about structuring government.
Bringing Home the Bacon on Climate Change
The lack of regulation on animals’ greenhouse gas emissions opens the door for climate change litigation.
Automakers Prefer Self-Regulation to Regulatory Uncertainty
Faced with uncertainty over fuel economy standards, four automakers choose to support stronger government regulation.
EPA Will Say Anything to Avoid Addressing Climate Change
New carbon rule is entirely at odds with Trump Administration’s earlier rhetoric on the Clean Power Plan.
Combatting Deregulation with Regulatory Horcruxes
Scholar argues that spreading regulatory authority may insulate programs from future deregulatory pressures.
Latest Interpretation of Clean Water Act Creates Circuit Split
Courts disagree over the Clean Water Act’s applicability to the discharge of pollutants into groundwater.
Clean Air Act Obscures Polluted “Hotspots”
Scholar argues that federal air laws conceal highly polluted areas.
Getting Agencies Back Into the Game
Regulatory reform should reduce rulemaking burdens to promote effective agency action.
Restoring Science and Economics to EPA’s Benefit Calculation
EPA’s proposed transparency rules would make the agency’s analyses more scientifically rigorous.
Choosing Between Guns and the Environment
Expert explores how a Florida law insulates firing ranges from state and local environmental actions.
EPA Moves to Scale Back Methane Rules
Recent proposal to revoke natural gas regulation is the latest effort to put climate rules in the crosshairs.