Government Politics Real estate Regulations 
Legal Planet
FEBRUARY 28, 2023
Thom Tillis (R-NC) described it as a “stifling regulation” that would “cripple” agriculture and do irreversible damage. The law gave the federal government jurisdiction over “navigable waters.” There is a lot of history leading up to today’s disputes about federal authority over wetlands and streams.
Environmental and Urban Economics
APRIL 11, 2022
The New York Times has publishe d a good opinion piece by a Professor of English on the unintended consequences of federal subsidies and regulations for living in flood plains. Instead, I will discuss how flood risk (ex-ante) and flooding affects the real estate market and the distribution of income. Why is that fair?
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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By Amanda Abrams Rising seas, fires, and outdated government policies threaten a repeat of the subprime mortgage meltdown.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
MAY 16, 2024
Unless the Court moderates its views, future regulations will face tough sledding. And would the limits be set by regulations applying to entire industries, or on a facility-by-facility basis? The case involved EPA’s power to regulate greenhouse gases like carbon dioxide under the Clean Air Act. Train, 420 U.S. Petroleum Inst.,
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.
Enviromental Defense
OCTOBER 24, 2023
This means that the Impact Assessment Act can easily be amended to comply with the Supreme Court’s decision without undermining the federal government’s ability to move forward with a full and thorough impact assessment of Highway 413.
Environmental and Urban Economics
JUNE 9, 2021
So, this logic says that local quality of life causes economics growth if the geography of the location and the political economy of local land use regulation is such that the place allows new construction to take place. Real Estate prices are low in these cities relative to other cities of similar size.
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