In a recent study conducted by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), poly-fluoroalkyl chemicals — otherwise known as PFAs — have contaminated “nearly half” of drinkable water in the U.S. The USGS tested 716 locations across the country, ranging from private…
In its last three terms, the Supreme Court has received a great deal of public attention — both positive and negative — due to its decisions on human sexuality (Bostock, Zarda) and abortion (Dobbs). This term, going relatively unnoticed, were…
Last month, President Joe Biden and the Environmental Protection Agency proposed a regulation that was universally agreed upon as the “toughest-ever vehicle emissions standards” for automobiles. Specifically, according to the EPA itself, MY (Model Year) 2032 “standards are projected to result…
The Biden administration recently proposed strict new tailpipe emission regulations, cutting allowable emission levels so low that Americans seeking transportation options will have little choice but to purchase an electric vehicle. Proposed by the Environmental Protection Agency, the extreme new…
One of the ways that I try to raise the consciousness of my fellow humans is by telling them things that they don’t know and then asking them why they don’t already know those things. This admittedly obnoxious behavior is…
Reports about ESG — “environmental, social, and governance” scores that progressive activists, money-management firms, and government agencies (namely, the Securities and Exchange Commission) assign to corporations — have become nearly ubiquitous in the news. There is even a website, esgnews.com,…
Does anyone remember the Before Time? It was a time, not a long time ago — about 10 years — when it was common for family cars in the $30k range to come standard with V6 engines and when V8s…
Two Harvard Law School professors, Cass Sunstein and Adrian Vermeule, recently published a book with the intriguing title Law and Leviathan: Redeeming the Administrative State. Far from “redeeming” anything, their book actually recounts why administrative law in general and the…
In the hubbub over the Dobbs case overruling Roe v. Wade, many have overlooked the Supreme Court’s decision in West Virginia v. EPA. The case was part of a larger project by legal theorists on the right to cut back…
