Can you identify each of the 1,476 U.S. species listed under the ESA? If not, you might want to start making flash cards. Environmental groups have sued the federal government, arguing that its policy against prosecuting people who innocently violate … Continue reading
As a result of a recent decision from the Fish and Wildlife Service, the answer is more likely to be yes. Organizations representing owners of exotic wildlife and hunters petitioned the Service to make clear that the provisions of the … Continue reading
Since Fiscal Year 2011, over five dozen senior officials have retired from the agency. That fact, coupled with the presence of many “acting” senior officials (whose nominations Senate Republicans have held up), has led many EPA observers to conclude that … Continue reading
When the Supreme Court of the United States issued its opinion in Rapanos v. United States a few years ago, it highlighted that the average applicant for a Clean Water Act Section 404 permit spends 788 days and $271,596 to … Continue reading
Over at the Cato at Liberty blog, Ilya Shapiro reports on an effort to rein in the EPA’s abuse of property rights under the Clean Water Act. PLF has long been involved in the fight against the abuse of the … Continue reading
Last week, the Committee on Ecological Risk Assessment of the National Academy of Sciences released a report urging reform in the registration of pesticides under the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act. The report focuses on Endangered Species Act consultation … Continue reading
When EPA determined in 2009 that carbon dioxide and related substances pose a danger to human health and the environment, it skipped a step. EPA neglected to seek peer review from the Science Advisory Board (SAB), as required by law. … Continue reading