August 11, 2020 Colorado activists exploit pandemic to push anti-resource development agenda Activists from Colorado’s “keep it in the ground” movement – a group opposing all production of all natural resources – are suggesting that “stay…
July 2, 2020 Stop designating “critical habitat” for endangered species where none exist The Court’s unanimous “scolding” of the USFWS was the subject of many editorials and columns, but only a few of us actually speculated, at…
March 3, 2020 If Earth has an excess of “manmade” carbon, the answer is simple, plant trees Trees are nature’s gift that keeps on giving, because carbon stays in the wood even after trees die. Westerman explains, “40-50 percent of dry…
February 1, 2020 NEPA has made lawyers rich but has done nothing to fix America’s crumbling infrastructure The NEPA process, intended to create a better forum to resolve disputes, so projects could be built more responsibly, has instead become a powerful…
December 19, 2019 “Renewable energy” subsidies are ripping off taxpayers to support a money pit industry Clean energy’s dirty secret is that such subsidies benefit the wealthy. First, most of the tax credits actually go to the companies that finance…
September 13, 2019 Endangered Species restoration doesn’t need more funding, it needs less federal regulation Here is a simple recommendation for how sponsors could best “fix” the bill. Take out the federal funding parts, eliminate all the federal regulatory…
June 14, 2019 How much worse will forest fires have to get before feds act decisively? The USFS says since 1994, bark beetles have wiped out over four million acres in the southern Rockies. The trees turn red, then brown,…
May 16, 2019 The war on automobiles is just another wealth redistribution scheme …They are continually assured that the money is needed to maintain roads and bridges, but of course massive chunks are siphoned off for other…
September 29, 2018 San Francisco feeling the pain of its own environmentalist policies San Francisco officials are once again learning the meaning of the word “petard,” as they struggle with water shortages. Several times, endangered species issues…
April 12, 2018 Western lands stuck in Limbo due to Congress’ inaction on ‘wilderness study areas’ Montana Congressman Greg Gianforte and Senator Steve Daines have now introduced bills to release wilderness study areas across Montana. Their bills cover 29 different…
