State of the Union on Climate Change

In his inaugural State of the Union address in 2009, President Obama asked Congress to send him cap-and-trade legislation to save our planet from the ravages of climate change In his 2010 State of the Union, the President took credit for the United States going  ...

Project XL and NEPA as Superlaw

Republicans in Congress held the payroll tax cut extension hostage specifically to force President Obama’s hand on the Keystone  XL tar sands pipeline, looking for a “jobs versus the environment” talking point in the presidential election contest.  ...

Air and Water . . . and Chickens

A state administrative case we’ve been watching addresses the question whether an egg farm can be required to get a Clean Water Act NPDES permit for discharges of chicken feathers and litters into the air through its ventilation exhaust fans.  The North Carolina...