Tag: Regulation
Trump’s offshore oil drilling plans ignore the lessons of BP Deepwater...
Donald Boesch, University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science
The Trump Administration is proposing to ease regulations that were adopted to make offshore oil and...
Subsidizing coal and nuclear power could drive customers off the grid
Joshua M. Pearce, Michigan Technological University
Within the next month, energy watchers expect the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission to act on an order from Energy...
How donors can help make nonprofits more accountable
Aseem Prakash, University of Washington and Nives Dolsak, University of Washington
As the devastating 2017 hurricane season got underway, the Internal Revenue Service warned Americans...
Does Scott Pruitt have a solid case for repealing the Clean...
Patrick Parenteau, Vermont Law School
On June 27, Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Scott Pruitt signed a proposed rule rescinding the Obama administration’s “Clean Water Rule.”...
Pot with patents could plant the seeds of future lawsuits
Craig Nard, Case Western Reserve University
It’s hard to make sense of cannabis regulation.
The Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) continues to categorize marijuana as a Schedule...
Trump says the IRS regulates churches too much. Here’s why he’s...
Philip Hackney, Louisiana State University
President Donald Trump recently signed an executive order that he said would keep his campaign promise to defend religious...
Want to support veterans? 4 tips for finding good charities
Brian Mittendorf, The Ohio State University
On Memorial Day and throughout the year, many Americans honor those who have lost their lives in...
Court ruling is a first step toward controlling air pollution from...
Martin C. Heller, University of Michigan; JB Ruhl, Vanderbilt University, and Sacoby Wilson, University of Maryland
Editor’s note: Most livestock farming in industrialized...
EXPLORING NATURE
New study measures titanium in Apollo rock to uncover Moon’s early chemistry
Advik D. Vira, Georgia Institute of Technology and Emily First, Macalester College
The Earth and the Moon may look...
