There’s a lot to ponder in the permitting reform bill before the Senate.  I’ve tried to work through what I think the important issues are in Titles I through IV of the bill (which focus on ...
The permitting reform bill now being considered in the Senate has provoked fairly vicious fights between “abundance” advocates and at least some environmental groups.  I think that there are valid ...
Trump has declared National Energy Dominance Month, which celebrates his efforts to maximize oil, gas, & coal while ignoring climate change.
If the Democrats flip some governorships in states with GOP legislatures, we should see some policy shifts toward ...
If I let you write the substance and you let me write the procedure, I’ll screw you every time.”  Former US Rep. Dingell In the prior post I criticized some of the positions of environmental groups in ...
I want to write separately to emphasize how sweeping the permit certainty provisions of Section 1401 of the permitting reform bill likely are.  Again, these are provisions that apply if an agency ...
I’ve written a bunch about the Senate’s permitting reform bill. My basic takeaway is that I want this bill to pass, but that there are some serious flaws in the bill, particularly in the permit ...
Guest contributor Justin Pidot writes that BAAJA would end judicial review of most NEPA claims — but it sure is hard to ...