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Working Paper | Groundwater Regulations and Hydraulic Fracturing: Reporting Water Use in the Permian

Working Paper | Groundwater Regulations and Hydraulic Fracturing: Reporting Water Use in the Permian

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In 2011, it was estimated that the hydraulic fracturing occurring in this region relied solely on groundwater with between 0-2% of the water volume for fractures coming from recycled hydraulic [...]

Revisiting the Economic Impacts of Fracking in Pennsylvania

Revisiting the Economic Impacts of Fracking in Pennsylvania

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This study examines why ex post econometric studies often find that the economic impacts of shale gas development are considerably smaller than those found by ex ante input-output (IO) studies.  [...]

Ripe for Review: An Index of Regulations that Should be Reviewed or Modified

Ripe for Review: An Index of Regulations that Should be Reviewed or Modified

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The following is a list of regulations that we recommend the Trump Administration target for elimination or modification. These rules were chosen because they all suffer from a number of [...]

The impact of environmental policy devolution on environmental quality: The case of the Reagan administration

The impact of environmental policy devolution on environmental quality: The case of the Reagan administration

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This paper examines evidence from the literature on the devolution of environmental oversight to the states that occurred during the Reagan administration. This evidence suggests that devolving [...]

Certain National Monuments Established Since 1996

Certain National Monuments Established Since 1996

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The Department of the Interior’s request for comment on national monuments designated over the past twenty years responds to Executive Order 13792, issued by President Trump. The Executive Order [...]

Analyzing the Role of Poor and Developing Nations in Global Climate Agreements

Analyzing the Role of Poor and Developing Nations in Global Climate Agreements

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This paper examines the existing research and literature to build on the discussion of just what considerations, if any, must be made by each country at various stages of development when [...]

Bears Ears National Monument Designation

Bears Ears National Monument Designation

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The Department of the Interior’s request for comment on the designation of Bears Ears National Monument and other monuments designated over the past 20 years responds to Executive Order 13792 [...]

A Public Choice Exploration of the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act

A Public Choice Exploration of the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act

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Recent bankruptcies in the coal industry have stoked concerns regarding the efficacy of the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977 (SMCRA). We review the history of SMCRA through a [...]

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