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Time to shut down IRIS—for good

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Time to shut down IRIS—for good

  • By: James Broughel
  • 04/29/2025

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is reportedly preparing to eliminate its Office of Research and Development, which houses the controversial Integrated Risk Information System…

Chemical Risk

Trump should eliminate this troubled risk assessment program

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Trump should eliminate this troubled risk assessment program

  • By: James Broughel
  • 03/24/2025

Among Washington’s sprawling regulatory bureaucracies, one program has quietly shaped environmental policy for decades. The EPA’s Integrated Risk Information System, known as IRIS, influences…

Energy and Environment

The good, the bad, and the ugly in Trump’s new regulation executive order

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The good, the bad, and the ugly in Trump’s new regulation executive order

  • By: James Broughel
  • 02/03/2025

President Donald Trump issued a new executive order on regulation Friday reviving some of the core ideas from his first term. The order brings…

Deregulation

DOGE at a crossroads – An opportunity for real regulatory reform

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DOGE at a crossroads – An opportunity for real regulatory reform

  • By: James Broughel
  • 01/23/2025

The Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) began with a promise to revolutionize Washington, bringing a chainsaw to government with sweeping regulatory and budget cuts. However,…

Deregulation

Wildfires and the precautionary principle: Why being ‘safe’ isn’t always safer

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Wildfires and the precautionary principle: Why being ‘safe’ isn’t always safer

  • By: James Broughel
  • 01/13/2025

As wildfires rage across Los Angeles and devastate communities, the issue of wildfire management has never been more important. At the heart of this issue…

Lands and Wildlife

Concerning transmission provisions in the Energy Permitting Reform Act

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Concerning transmission provisions in the Energy Permitting Reform Act

  • By: James Broughel
  • 11/22/2024

As Congress enters its lame duck period, the Energy Permitting Reform Act of 2024, introduced by Senators Joe Manchin (I-WV) and John Barrasso (R-WY),…

Energy and Environment

Republicans should wait for real permitting reform in the new Congress

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Republicans should wait for real permitting reform in the new Congress

  • By: James Broughel
  • 11/14/2024

The 2024 election has dramatically shifted the political landscape, with Republicans securing control of both chambers of Congress and the White House. As Washington prepares…

Energy and Environment

Iowa’s ‘Lean-in’ approach to successful permitting reform

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Iowa’s ‘Lean-in’ approach to successful permitting reform

  • By: James Broughel, Patricia Patnode
  • 09/26/2024

The State of Iowa has made significant strides in improving its environmental permitting processes, thanks to innovative reforms spearheaded by the state’s Department of Natural…

Regulatory Reform

The power of proceduralism: Lessons from New York’s Uniform Procedures Act

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The power of proceduralism: Lessons from New York’s Uniform Procedures Act

  • By: James Broughel
  • 08/27/2024

Within the labyrinth of environmental regulation, good intentions often pave the way to bureaucratic nightmares. But amidst the tangle of red tape, there occasionally emerges…

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Regulations hit small businesses and low-income households hardest

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Regulations hit small businesses and low-income households hardest

  • By: James Broughel
  • 06/05/2024

There are about 33.3 million small businesses in the United States, comprising 99.9 percent of all American businesses. About half of all employees work for…

Deregulation

The flawed foundations of radiation risk assessment

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The flawed foundations of radiation risk assessment

  • By: James Broughel
  • 04/24/2024

The debate surrounding nuclear power has long been shaped by complex scientific, political, and social factors. At the heart of this debate lies the question…

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EPA’s Scientific Integrity Policy is unscientific, lacks integrity

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EPA’s Scientific Integrity Policy is unscientific, lacks integrity

  • By: James Broughel
  • 02/27/2024

The Environmental Protection Agency recently released a draft update to its “Scientific Integrity Policy,” which aims to ensure the agency’s science-based decisions and…

Energy and Environment

The threat to sound economics isn’t over

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The threat to sound economics isn’t over

  • By: James Broughel
  • 01/18/2024

This week, the New York Stock Exchange withdrew its proposal to create a new designation for public companies called Natural Asset Companies, or NACs.

Financial Regulation

Don’t make crypto the electricity scapegoat

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Don’t make crypto the electricity scapegoat

  • By: Ari Patinkin, James Broughel, John Berlau
  • 01/09/2024

A radical new tax proposed by the Biden administration would make cryptocurrency mining the scapegoat for electricity usage. The so-called Digital Asset Mining Energy (DAME)…

Fintech

Important question: How many people will new AI regulations kill?

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Important question: How many people will new AI regulations kill?

  • By: James Broughel
  • 12/06/2023

The White House Office of Management and Budget (OMB) recently released a draft memorandum outlining new requirements for federal agencies using artificial intelligence (AI).

Tech and Telecom

Equity shmequity: How US government’s ‘discounting’ policy hurts the global poor

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Equity shmequity: How US government’s ‘discounting’ policy hurts the global poor

  • By: James Broughel
  • 11/30/2023

The Office of Management and Budget (OMB) recently finalized its Circular A-4 guidance on regulatory analysis, constituting the first update to the guidance in…

Regulatory Reform

It’s time to bring reason to emotional AI debates

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It’s time to bring reason to emotional AI debates

  • By: James Broughel
  • 10/19/2023

Artificial intelligence (AI) promises immense benefits, ranging from revolutionizing healthcare diagnostics and treatment to radically improving transportation safety. However, as this rapidly advancing technology spreads,…

Consumer Product Safety

The SEC’s misguided attempt to regulate AI

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The SEC’s misguided attempt to regulate AI

  • By: James Broughel
  • 10/11/2023

My colleague John Berlau and I submitted a comment letter this week to the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), arguing its proposed regulations on…

Financial Regulation

Flawed guidance for monetizing nature should be withdrawn

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Flawed guidance for monetizing nature should be withdrawn

  • By: James Broughel
  • 09/20/2023

The Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs (OIRA) has proposed new guidance aimed at improving how federal agencies account for environment-related costs and…

Regulatory Reform

How regulations crush small businesses and the poor

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How regulations crush small businesses and the poor

  • By: James Broughel
  • 08/23/2023

Today, the Senate Committee on Small Business & Entrepreneurship is holding a field hearing in Iowa on the topic of “One Size Does Not…

Deregulation

Biden admin plans to rig cost-benefit analysis, boosting federal regulations

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Biden admin plans to rig cost-benefit analysis, boosting federal regulations

  • By: James Broughel
  • 07/05/2023

When the Biden administration took office, one of its first actions was to order a series of updates to the federal rulemaking process, all under…

Business and Government

The lethal impact of rising energy prices

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The lethal impact of rising energy prices

  • By: James Broughel
  • 06/26/2023

Many of us are all too familiar with the grimace we make when we open our monthly utility bills. The soaring cost of energy is…

Energy

Debt deal’s PAYGO law won’t pay out. Here’s how to fix it.

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Debt deal’s PAYGO law won’t pay out. Here’s how to fix it.

  • By: James Broughel
  • 05/30/2023

In an effort to curb excessive government spending, a provision known as statutory administrative PAYGO (Pay-As-You-Go) has been introduced in the debt ceiling deal struck…

Business and Government

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