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Can environmental regulation produce wealth?

March 11, 2010 | By PACIFIC LEGAL FOUNDATION

Author: Damien M. Schiff The Natural Resource Defense Council's Switchboard Blog has this account of a recent speech given by Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Lisa Jackson at the National Press Club.  In her remarks, Ms. Jackson took the opportunity to note how, in her opinion, environmental regulation is a win for environmen ...

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Diligent landowner threatened with colossal fine for unpredictable accident

December 11, 2016 | By JOHANNA TALCOTT

Accidents are inevitable. But even similar accidents are not necessarily equal. Human culpability and responsibility matter a great deal. That’s why it’s instinctive that a person who recklessly causes an accident and completely ignores it should endure a more severe punishment than an innocent person who strives to make things right. B ...