The 2011 water year in a nutshell
Author: Brandon Middleton A highly informative article from The Sacramento Bee's Matt Weiser. … Continue reading
Author: Brandon Middleton A highly informative article from The Sacramento Bee's Matt Weiser. … Continue reading
Author: Damien M. Schiff Former President Bill Clinton recently caused something of a stir by his public suggestion that President Obama could unilaterally increase the debt ceiling by invoking the authority of Section 4 of the 14th Amendment. That provision … Continue reading
Author: Brandon Middleton As the delta smelt litigation proceeds in Fresno, Pacific Legal Foundation continues its fight to have the U.S. Supreme Court review the constitutionality of delta smelt water cutbacks. This week, numerous groups and organizations filed amicus curiae briefs … Continue reading
Author: Damien M. Schiff Earlier this year the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals, in Northwest Environmental Defense Center v. Brown, overturned the EPA's longstanding Clean Water Act regulatory exemption for stormwater runoff from forest roads. PLF filed two amicus briefs in … Continue reading
Author: Jonathan Wood Milton Friedman, one of the greatest minds of the 20th century, would have turned 99 on Sunday. Though few individuals have been as deserving of praise, Milton Friedman was “much more interested in having people thinking about … Continue reading
Author: Brian T. Hodges Washington’s Growth Management Act (GMA) envisions a scheme where every city and county, in every nook and cranny of the state, adopts land use regulations responsive to a host of general societal interests (e.g, affordable housing, … Continue reading
Author: Damien M. Schiff Fox News is reporting that a leading polar bear researcher—Charles Monnett—is under investigation by the US Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Regulation and Enforcement. Apparently the investigation is focusing on a 2006 peer-reviewed report that Monnett … Continue reading