August2015
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Preliminary Injunction Granted in N.D. WOTUS Case
Judge Ralph Erickson of the United States District Court for the District of North Dakota has entered an injunction against the WOTUS “Clean Water Rule,” which was set to take effect today. In what must have...August 28, 2015 399 0 -
Big Wind, Bird Kills and Uncertainty’s Burdens
The U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service has had a hard time with wind turbines. It has long been at work attempting to “facilitate the development of renewable energy,” a/k/a permit the siting and operation of wind...August 25, 2015 664 0 -
Exporting LNG: When Counting Becomes a Battle of the Experts
When does a natural gas export terminal facilitate more gas development and combustion than current practices or business-as-usual projections expect? Answer: every time one’s actually built and brought online. But in the race to build out...August 21, 2015 757 0 -
Mission Impossible: When the Pressure to Do Something Exceeds the Knowledge of How to Do it Right
The Healthy Forests Restoration Act (HFRA) is a 2003 statute epitomizing the state of the art, such as it is, in environmental legislation. HFRA uses lofty terms—restoration of our federal forests to “health”—and vests meager tools...August 17, 2015 860 0 -
Groundswell: Ground Water Depletion and an Army Corps Revolt?
Water, water everywhere . . . . Sea level rise (SLR) has long been among the big threats global climate disruption promises, especially in the public consciousness. Most of the American populace (like others) lives within 100...August 9, 2015 776 0 -
Back to Life!
The “Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service,” known to its friends as APHIS, has long carried out and cost-shared the world’s largest wildlife killing operation in the name of “predator” and “pest” control. Since 1994, APHIS...August 4, 2015 472 0
