| President's Regulatory EO / Reg Policy The President's regulatory "look-back" is powered by bad rhetoric, is diverting regulators from more important health and safety work, and is looking only to cut regulations, not improve them, says Amy Sinden.
Obama's Ozone Retreat / Clean Air President Obama's decision to kill new EPA ozone standards will cost lives. CPR Member Scholars protested on CPRBlog and on the nation's op-ed pages. Read op-eds by Tom McGarity, Rena Steinzor and David Driesen.
The BP Oil Spill / Disasters CPR Scholars have explored the policy implications of the BP Oil Spill in reports on what went wrong; op-eds in the LA Times, Houston Chronicle, and elsewhere; on CPRBlog and in a PBS NewsHour interview.
Attack on IRIS / IRIS
The chemical industry's trade association wants to hamstring EPA's toxic-chemical assessments. CPR's Rena Steinzor and Wendy Wagner sent a letter to OMB protesting.
Overstated Reg Costs / Regulatory Policy The Small Business Administration's Office of Advocacy has been touting a report claiming regulations cost the economy $1.75 trillion. Turns out the report is full of exaggerated estimates and fuzzy math.
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