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.
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A Greener Life
APRIL 5, 2023
By Amanda Abrams Rising seas, fires, and outdated government policies threaten a repeat of the subprime mortgage meltdown. Before she bought the house, Greene said, she asked the builder and the real estate agent if the property tended to flood. In response, real estate developers have been on a building tear.
Legal Planet
MARCH 27, 2024
The only thing worse than a wet heat is being governed by climate change deniers in a wet heat. Instead, Florida lawmakers have passed a bill that strips local governments of the ability to protect workers from extreme heat fueled by climate change. Swamp Politics Florida’s recent legislation is a backwards approach to climate policy.
Legal Planet
MAY 16, 2024
Morton opened the door for environmental groups to sue over government actions, something that Justice Scalia had opposed since his days as a law professor. The Court ruled, however, that clearer authorization would have been needed to authorize a regulation of “vast political and economic significance.” Defenders of Wildlife, 504 U.S.
Union of Concerned Scientists
MARCH 21, 2024
For more than a century, the United States has recognized this, and maintaining roads and bridges has been a core function of federal, state, and local governments. The federal government embraced a role in supporting transit in the 1970s, but this was cut back for the past 40 years and didn’t rebound until the pandemic.
Environmental and Urban Economics
NOVEMBER 7, 2022
Whether government policy complements the private sector muffles the private sector’s efforts continues to be a major research topic. My students are studying this hypothesis in the developing world and investigating what frictions (such as government policy) inhibit adaptation from taking place. Why reward “bad behavior”?
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