categorical exclusion
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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 114 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 144 0
