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Are Biofuels Doing More Harm Than Good?

Are Biofuels Doing More Harm Than Good?

Scholar argues that greater regulation of biofuels is needed to promote environmental justice.

Regulation Serves People, and Depends on Them Too

Regulation Serves People, and Depends on Them Too

Regulators and regulatory scholars alike need to keep in mind regulation’s essential human element.

Proposed EPA Rule May Permit More Toxic Water Pollution

Proposed EPA Rule May Permit More Toxic Water Pollution

EPA’s proposed relaxation of a rule restricting water pollution from coal plants generates controversy.

EPA Likely to Move Soon on ‘Secret Science’ Rulemaking

EPA Likely to Move Soon on ‘Secret Science’ Rulemaking

Critics of proposed data disclosure rule suggest it could undermine effective rulemaking.

Regulatory Learning Through the Rulemaking Process

Regulatory Learning Through the Rulemaking Process

An agency’s regulatory experience informs the development of effective future programs.

How to Improve Allocations of Regulatory Authority

How to Improve Allocations of Regulatory Authority

A recent dispute illustrates how policymakers often miss crucial insights about structuring government.

Bringing Home the Bacon on Climate Change

Bringing Home the Bacon on Climate Change

The lack of regulation on animals’ greenhouse gas emissions opens the door for climate change litigation.

Automakers Prefer Self-Regulation to Regulatory Uncertainty

Automakers Prefer Self-Regulation to Regulatory Uncertainty

Faced with uncertainty over fuel economy standards, four automakers choose to support stronger government regulation.

Beefing Up Regulations

Beefing Up Regulations

Legal scholar argues for a new strategy to challenge animal farm pollution.

EPA Will Say Anything to Avoid Addressing Climate Change

EPA Will Say Anything to Avoid Addressing Climate Change

New carbon rule is entirely at odds with Trump Administration’s earlier rhetoric on the Clean Power Plan.

Combatting Deregulation with Regulatory Horcruxes

Combatting Deregulation with Regulatory Horcruxes

Scholar argues that spreading regulatory authority may insulate programs from future deregulatory pressures.

Latest Interpretation of Clean Water Act Creates Circuit Split

Latest Interpretation of Clean Water Act Creates Circuit Split

Courts disagree over the Clean Water Act’s applicability to the discharge of pollutants into groundwater.