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Sherlock Holmes and the Mystery of the Job-Killing Regulations

In which Holmes confronts his strangest and most perplexing case.

[I’m re-upping this 2014 post since the “job-killing regulation” meme has resurfaced at the GOP Convention. The scene is Holmes’s apartment at 221B Baker Street.] “When the prospective client arrives, Watson, you’ll find that he’s a politician, that his electoral base is devoted to Fox News, and that he gets campaign contributions from fossil fuel …

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The Kudlow Inversion

Trump’s key advisor on the economy, the coronavirus, and regulation, with a gift for getting everything wrong.

“Only the best people,” Trump said. Let’s talk about his chief economic advisor, Larry Kudlow. Kudlow seems to live in an inverted, upside-down world. He somehow manages to be wrong about everything — wrong about the economy, wrong about deregulation, wrong about climate change, wrong about the coronavirus. A full sweep, in other words. It’s …

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Will Deregulation Grow the Economy?

The Trump plan of deregulation and tax cuts has been tried. It didn’t work.

President-elect Trump has promised to unleash economic growth by cutting taxes and regulation. In terms of regulations, he has said: “One of the keys to unlocking growth is scaling-back years of disastrous regulations unilaterally imposed by our out-of-control bureaucracy. “Regulations have grown into a massive, job-killing industry – and the regulation industry is one business …

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The Clean Power Plan — Low Cost, High Benefits

Despite claims by industry and conservatives, the CPP’s costs are completely manageable.

The Supreme Court’s stay of EPA’s Clean Power Plan was a surprise, and a questionable action on many grounds. It now seems clear that the stay — along with much of the political fuss about the CPP — was based on very questionable economics. In terms of the stay, a team of economists at Resources …

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Facing Up to Reality

More frequent heat waves. Droughts. Wildfires. The West is getting a glimpse of its future climate.

Why I Was Wrong About Methane

I didn’t think cutting methane was a high priority. Now I do. Here’s why.

Small Cannabis Growers and Large Red Tape?

A complicated cannabis regulatory system may be squeezing out small cannabis cultivators

Diagnosing Why More Growers Aren’t In California’s Cannabis System

Understanding why more outdoor cultivators aren’t entering into the new legal regulatory system for cannabis is important for reducing the environmental impacts of cannabis cultivation

The Hidden Green-Infrastructure Bill

Every year, Congress provides lavish funding for clean energy and climate adaptation. No one notices.

Anti—Anti-#ClimateEmergency

Whether to declare a climate emergency is debatable. But some critics have gone way overboard.

What Have We Learned from Recent Disasters?

Disasters are getting bigger, badder, and less predictable. We need to adjust.

The Turning Tide

Last week featured some remarkable developments relating to climate policy.

Another Historic Climate Court Ruling in the Netherlands

A court orders Shell to cut its emissions, including of its consumers. But will this stand after appeal?

Miami’s New Chief Heat Officer Is a Model for California Cities

Local leaders should embrace the approach

Facing Up to Reality

More frequent heat waves. Droughts. Wildfires. The West is getting a glimpse of its future climate.

Getting the Lead Out

The Ninth Circuit tells EPA to determine safe levels for lead based solely on science.

How Harmful Was Trump’s COVID Response?

We know it was bad, but how much of the U.S. death rate can be attributed to him rather than circumstances?

War and the Environment

War brings devastation to people’s lives. And to the planet itself.

Nature As A Carbon Sequestration Solution

New CLEE/Emmett Institute report analyzes policy solutions to accelerate investment

Miami’s New Chief Heat Officer Is a Model for California Cities

Local leaders should embrace the approach

Another Historic Climate Court Ruling in the Netherlands

A court orders Shell to cut its emissions, including of its consumers. But will this stand after appeal?

The Turning Tide

Last week featured some remarkable developments relating to climate policy.

Anti—Anti-#ClimateEmergency

Whether to declare a climate emergency is debatable. But some critics have gone way overboard.

Diagnosing Why More Growers Aren’t In California’s Cannabis System

Understanding why more outdoor cultivators aren’t entering into the new legal regulatory system for cannabis is important for reducing the environmental impacts of cannabis cultivation

regulatory economics

In which Holmes confronts his strangest and most perplexing case.

Trump’s key advisor on the economy, the coronavirus, and regulation, with a gift for getting everything wrong.

The Trump plan of deregulation and tax cuts has been tried. It didn’t work.

Despite claims by industry and conservatives, the CPP’s costs are completely manageable.

TRENDING

More frequent heat waves. Droughts. Wildfires. The West is getting a glimpse of its future climate.

I didn’t think cutting methane was a high priority. Now I do. Here’s why.

A complicated cannabis regulatory system may be squeezing out small cannabis cultivators

Understanding why more outdoor cultivators aren’t entering into the new legal regulatory system for cannabis is important for reducing the environmental impacts of cannabis cultivation

Every year, Congress provides lavish funding for clean energy and climate adaptation. No one notices.

Whether to declare a climate emergency is debatable. But some critics have gone way overboard.

Disasters are getting bigger, badder, and less predictable. We need to adjust.

Last week featured some remarkable developments relating to climate policy.

A court orders Shell to cut its emissions, including of its consumers. But will this stand after appeal?

Local leaders should embrace the approach

More frequent heat waves. Droughts. Wildfires. The West is getting a glimpse of its future climate.

The Ninth Circuit tells EPA to determine safe levels for lead based solely on science.

We know it was bad, but how much of the U.S. death rate can be attributed to him rather than circumstances?

War brings devastation to people’s lives. And to the planet itself.

New CLEE/Emmett Institute report analyzes policy solutions to accelerate investment

Local leaders should embrace the approach

A court orders Shell to cut its emissions, including of its consumers. But will this stand after appeal?

Last week featured some remarkable developments relating to climate policy.

Whether to declare a climate emergency is debatable. But some critics have gone way overboard.

Understanding why more outdoor cultivators aren’t entering into the new legal regulatory system for cannabis is important for reducing the environmental impacts of cannabis cultivation