Legal Planet
MARCH 19, 2024
It is contrary to the interests of the utilities, which are powerful political players in their own right. For more traditional conservatives, it is the kind of government regulatory mandate with which they are uncomfortable. Yet, from the point of view of conservative legislators, keeping uneconomic coal plants open has its downsides.
Legal Planet
NOVEMBER 6, 2023
This is an environmental blog, not a political one. For guidance, since I’m not a political expert, I’m relying on two respected political websites, Sabato and Cook. So far those haven’t shifted things much politically, but that could change as these cases move toward trial. Government shutdown. The White House.
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Union of Concerned Scientists
SEPTEMBER 27, 2023
Safeguards for science in government decision-making are crucial to the health and safety of underserved communities — in fact, they are a matter of life or death. And Latinos and Black Americans continue to bear the brunt of the burden when science is sidelined for political or financial gain. Take Covid-19.
Legal Planet
FEBRUARY 28, 2023
The law gave the federal government jurisdiction over “navigable waters.” In 1986, the federal government took the position that it had jurisdiction over all wetlands that were usable by migratory birds. Download as PDF The post Wetlands Regulation in the Political Swamp appeared first on Legal Planet.
Enviromental Defense
OCTOBER 30, 2023
The documents also offer evidence that Ministers’ offices, other than that of Housing Minister Steve Clark, were involved as early as January 2022, prior to the June 2022 election, and yet the government still kept Ontario voters in the dark. Of the four requests, two have now resulted in partial releases.
Union of Concerned Scientists
OCTOBER 10, 2023
A new report released by the Government Accountability Office (GAO) provides a roadmap on how best to protect the nation’s public health agencies against political interference in government science. During the pandemic, government science was specifically targeted and undermined for political purposes.
Legal Planet
JULY 27, 2023
EPA , the cornerstone climate case, contains an extensive discussion of standing which opens by saying that lawsuits by state governments are entitled to “special solicitude.” This case isn’t very illuminating, however, because the discussion focused on whether the corporation was an organ of state government. Massachusetts v.
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