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…
August 20, 2017 Forest Fires: Private Property Rights vs Bureaucrats [paypal_donation_button] The Department of Agriculture predicts that, by 2050, the number of acres burned annually could triple. The causes of increased fire risk are complex,…
June 30, 2017 Enviro lawsuits cost taxpayers billions illustrating need for Equal Access to Justice reform “Equal Access to Justice Act is a taxpayer funded meal ticket for environmental groups to collect attorney’s fees at enhanced rates…It’s an incentive to…
June 3, 2017 Radical enviros get rich, gain undue influence through federal ‘sue & settle’ deals In the majority of sue-and-settle cases, environmental groups are awarded litigation costs, including attorneys’ fees, at the taxpayers’ expense. “Recent investigations . . ….
April 11, 2017 Radical anti-fracking groups use kids as ruse to sue Colorado energy regulators The media has described the petitioners in the case, aged 13 to 16, as “a group of teenagers,” “six underage plaintiffs,” “some Colorado children.” “Colorado Appeals Court Sides…
March 23, 2017 After 30 years, Pennsylvania farmer still fighting feds over illegal taking of property It was 30 years ago this spring that Bob Brace, a Waterford-area farmer, first clashed with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service about his…
March 14, 2017 Federal judge rejects Oregon enviro lawsuit claiming grazing harms fish species New information that’s emerged about threats to the fish and their critical habitat doesn’t rise to the level of requiring additional environmental analysis of…
February 10, 2017 Beaver County, Utah sues BLM for shirking wild horse management duties The failure to keep horse numbers in check “has caused serious damage to public and private rangeland, created a threat to the health and…
