NEWS OF THE DAY: Senate Passes $3.5 Trillion Partisan Budget Plan, Clearing Way for Sweeping Government ExpansionZachary Evans, National Review, August 11, 2021 The Senate approved the framework of a $3.5 trillion budget plan in a key procedural vote on Wednesday morning, allowing the body to move towards a final vote on the issue. Senators voted to advance the framework … read more

A Climate of CatastropheThe Editorial Board, The Wall Street Journal, August 9, 2021 The facts in the new U.N. report aren’t as dire as its advertising. The world awoke Monday after a logy August weekend to some alarming news: The climate Apocalypse is nigh, humanity is to blame, and unless the world remakes the global economy, havoc and death are … read more

NEWS OF THE DAY: BLM senior staff shuffling begins; Alaska director outScott Streater, E & E News, August 6, 2021  Chad Padgett, a Trump-era appointee as director of the Bureau of Land Management’s Alaska office, is out as state director after a two-year tenure marked by increased oil and gas development in some of the state’s most sensitive landscapes. Padgett, … read more