Emerging Topics in Environmental Law
As expected, the Senate passed WRRDA yesterday by a vote of 91-7.
The importance of the first water resources bill in seven years cannot be overstated, particularly if you are a port on the west coast. For years, your shippers have been paying into the Harbor Maintenance Trust Fund (HMTF), presumably for maintaining the…
At long last, the Water Resources Reform and Development Act of 2014 (WRRDA) is expected to be passed by the Senate today and signed by President Obama soon. The first water resources development bill was enacted in 1974 and was intended to be reauthorized every two years. It was consistently updated (except for a hiatus …
Back before the recession, there was a major push in Washington State to adopt a state carbon cap-and-trade program as part of Washington’s membership in the Western Climate Initiative (WCI). The argument was heated, and like most things these days tended to split on party lines with a gulf between the two. Democrats generally argued…
A few years ago I adopted a personal policy that I always vote “no” on any initiative. It is satisfying, and it saves me a fair amount of time with the voters pamphlet. I’m part of the demographic that always votes in every election – and thus gets the maximum amount of pre-election mail. (If…