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Lawmakers Should Consider Outcomes When Micromanaging Fuel Supplies
Federal regulators held an emergency meeting last week in an effort to find out who is behind the recent surge in gasoline prices, particularly in…
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EPA’s Gas Price Contribution
Last December, when the Environmental Protection Agency announced a tough new standard for sulfur content in gasoline, few seemed concerned that the supposedly cleaner-burning fuel…
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Law Deserves to be Flushed Away
In one of the silliest ideas yet to come down the pike (or pipe), Congress entered the plumbing fixture design business in 1992, mandating strict…
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Politically Incorrect Washing Machines
Federal government officials think your clothes washer is contributing to global warming—and they are going to do something about it. Over the past few years,…
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Send Regulations Back to Congress (Letter to the Editor)
The Post is correct that substantial delegations of legislative authority to federal agencies, notably those involving “complex technical judgments,” have been upheld by the courts…
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Mandates on Energy Boost Use
With the price of gasoline inching up (though still at historic lows), we are once again being hectored to save energy. Few aspects of our…