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Holly Doremus | January 28, 2009

More Accusations of Politics Trumping Science and Law at Interior

Cross-posted from Environment & Law.   The Washington Post reports that officials at the Department of Interior ignored “key scientific findings” and the views of National Park Service officials “when they limited water flows in the Grand Canyon to optimize generation of electric power there, risking damage to the ecology of the spectacular national landmark.” […]

Shana Campbell Jones | January 28, 2009

Rescuing Science from Politics, Texas Style

We will restore science to its rightful place. — President Barack Obama, Inaugural Speech   As Governor of Texas, I have set high standards for our public schools, and I have met those standards. — Former President George W. Bush, Aug. 2000 CNN Interview     With former President Bush hightailing it back to Texas last […]

Matthew Freeman | January 27, 2009

A Good Day for the Environment

No question about it: A new sheriff’s in town. After eight years of environmental policymaking bent around the convenience of oil companies and other polluting industries, yesterday was like a breath of fresh, clean air. And indeed, clean air is one likely outcome from the Obama Administration’s first few steps on the environment yesterday.   […]

Matthew Freeman | January 27, 2009

CPR’s Nina Mendelson on President Obama and the California Waiver

CPR Member Scholar Nina Mendelson has a piece in today’s New York Times “Room for Debate” online feature on California’s Clean Air Act waiver request.  She says President Obama’s direction to EPA that it reconsider its previous denial of the waiver (issued during the Bush Administration) “reaffirms the critical role of states as environmental leaders, […]

Rena Steinzor | January 26, 2009

Cass Sunstein and OIRA

This morning, the Center for Progressive Reform published a report on some of the issues that will confront President Obama’s “regulatory czar” Cass Sunstein, if, as seems likely, he is nominated and confirmed to be the director of OMB’s Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs. I’ve blogged on this before, and our report, Reinvigorating Protection […]

Shana Campbell Jones | January 23, 2009

If Yes Means Yes, EPA Must Act on Perchlorate

When it comes to protecting the environment and human health, the difference between what the Obama Administration portends and what the Bush Administration wrought may reside in the difference between three little words: “yes, we can” versus “no we won’t.” How and when Lisa Jackson, President-elect Obama’s pick to head the EPA, tackles perchlorate will […]

Margaret Clune Giblin | January 22, 2009

Update: Final Endangered Species Rule May Itself Be Endangered

Former President George W. Bush departed for Dallas on Tuesday, but his pervasive legacy remains here in Washington. In a prior post here on CPRblog, I wrote about one of the Bush Administration’s “midnight regulations,” which collectively stamped the most recent of the Bush imprints on public policy. In its proposed changes to the interagency […]

Matthew Freeman | January 21, 2009

Scholar/Authors Discuss Their Books on Preemption, Part Two

Editor’s Note: Following is the second of several posts focused on federal preemption issues and featuring CPR Member Scholars Thomas McGarity and William Buzbee.  In December, both published books on the issue.  (The first blog post in the series includes some background on the issue.)  McGarity’s book is The Preemption War: When Federal Bureaucracies Trump […]

Holly Doremus | January 20, 2009

Bush Regulatory Record: Transferring Polluted Water

Editor’s Note: With the Bush Administration’s remaining time in office now measured in hours, we asked CPR Member Scholars to remind us of some of the less publicized moments of the Administration’s record on environmental issues. Following is the fourth of several entries published before President Bush returns to Texas. In this one, Holly Doremus […]