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…
September 26, 2018 Interior Department directive sheds light on shady sue & settle deals “Faced with a barrage of allegations that sap agency time and resources whether they have merit or not, the government is too often motivated…
November 6, 2017 Panicked enviros throwing everything at the courts to see what sticks Remember, these enviro groups need crises to keep the donations flowing, but if sage grouse enjoy healthy habitat and robust, growing populations, there is…
August 21, 2017 Forget the environment, power-obsessed SUWA sues to inflict pain on Utah counties [paypal_donation_button] Saul Alinsky wrote “Rules for Radicals” (a playbook for groups like SUWA). One of Alinskys truths which he accurately describes is this: Organizations that possess power are “in turn possessed by power. Obsessed with the fear…
July 24, 2017 Fixing dysfunctional Endangered Species Act with a new breed of legislation The House of Representatives is now reviewing five new bills aimed at reworking unworkable and unreasonable provisions in the 1973 Endangered Species Acts, which…
June 10, 2017 How environmentalist litigation is sending our national forests up in smoke “Our national forests are dying from neglect. Rather than channeling dollars to active forest management to reduce the risk of wildfire, the Federal government…
June 5, 2017 Bad federal forest management sapping Montana timber counties “…it’s critical to also fix the greater problem of mismanaged federal land that is keeping local communities in western Montana from responsibly managing their…
April 20, 2017 BLM revision plan means states have more say, but enviros hate it Indeed, in directing BLM to “make every effort to restore order, focus, and efficiency to the Federal land planning process,” Zinke clearly takes aim…
April 4, 2017 ‘Equal Access to Justice Act’ is an open door to environmentalist tyranny “…over a decade, eight environmental groups filed more than 3,300 cases in federal district courts across the country. In the last two years of…
October 6, 2016 Taxpayers paying radical enviros to halt development, kill jobs It is widely known that these groups despise fossil fuels. The Center for Biological Diversity (CBD) brags about its use of lawsuits to block…
