New research raises questions about foreign investment oversight Foreign entities hold approximately 6.3 million acres of American agricultural land under long-term wind and...
Foreign Energy Leases Cover Millions of Acres of U.S. Farmland
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Zinke Bill Seeks to Federalize More Lands
Proposal would restrict 130,000 more acres but leave access up to bureaucrats Montana Republican Rep. Ryan Zinke has introduced legislation that would place 130,415 acres of...
Texas Farmer Wins one Transmission Battle, Faces Another
Utility easements threaten livelihoods, control over land For more than six decades, Jeremy Louder’s family has farmed and ranched the land around Stanton, Texas, building a...
City Backs Down in Fight Over Award-Winning Garden
To many, a lovely cottage garden; to government, an overgrown wad of weeds Local gardeners Jeremy Boggess and Kristi Church won a huge victory last week in the city of Danville,...
Supreme Court Weighs Limits on Bureaucrats’ Power to Create Crimes
A Nevada dirt-bike case would allow justices to revisit the non-delegation doctrine The U.S. Supreme Court will decide soon—perhaps this week—whether to hear a case that could...
Bipartisan Permitting Reform Bill Wins Broad Support
But not without some lingering questions over federal power and agency deference Four U.S. senators representing both sides of the aisle have come together on legislation they...
Gosar’s LANDs Act Would Rein in Presidential Monument Designations
Legislation would require congressional approval for major federal land withdrawals Arizona Rep. Paul Gosar has introduced the Legislative Approval for National Designations Act,...
Report: Climate Activists Aimed to Influence Judges in Climate Cases
Probe alleges education campaign sought to influence how courts approach climate litigation A new report from the House Judiciary Committee is alleging that a major environmental...
Cattle, Cartels, and Cuckoos: Jim Chilton Fights On
At 87, the Arizona rancher is still defending his cattle, his land and a way of life For nearly four decades, Jim Chilton has run cattle on a sprawling southern Arizona ranch...
Idaho Family Farm Sues State After Losing Access to Water
Binghams say state violated senior water rights An Idaho farming family that has worked the same land for generations is challenging the state after a state agency ordered the...
When ‘Just Compensation’ Isn’t Really Just
North Carolina wants victims of eminent domain to pay up It might seem like a simple question, but it’s nonetheless one that North Carolina’s courts have never really answered:...
Upstate New York Solar Project Collapses After Local Resistance
Montgomery County: State swept aside local laws, failed to follow their own rules In a major victory for upstate New York property owners and citizens, a massive solar...
How an Artist Beat a Utility at the Eminent-Domain Game
Courage and creativity offer others a compelling strategy The American Transmission Company has refiled its controversial application for a major transmission project serving a...
Couple Says Mitigation Plan Morphed into Uncompensated Takings
Washington landowners have spent nearly $300,000 trying to build dream home In 2021, Tyler and Wendy Chambers bought a property in Washington state to return to Tyler’s rural...
Court Rejects Challenge to Grazing Over Threatened Cuckoo
Judge: Arizona cattle grazing does not jeopardize western yellow-billed cuckoo A federal judge has rejected a major challenge to continued livestock grazing across nearly 1.5...
EPA Proposes to Narrow WOTUS Rule
New alternative would further limit federal reach over U.S. waterways, wetlands Farmers, ranchers and other property owners could face fewer federal permitting obstacles under a...
Two Lawsuits Challenge National Park Service Power to Turn Rules Into Crimes
In America, Congress makes the laws A constitutional fight over the National Park Service’s power to transform violations of administrative rules into criminal offenses is...
New CFACT Report: Endangered Species Act Implementation ‘Severely Flawed’
CFACT points to shocking permitting costs, $1.1 billion in federal spending, decades of litigation A new report from the Committee for a Constructive Tomorrow (CFACT) argues...
Washington Ranchers Appeal in Fight for Jury Trial
King family challenges a system that imposes massive penalties by administrative tribunal Wade and Teresa King, whose family has operated King Ranch in Washington state’s Grant...
House Investigates Environmental Groups’ Taxpayer-Funded Litigation
Lawmakers examine possible reforms to federal fee-shifting laws The House Committee on Natural Resources has opened an investigation into 19 environmental organizations, seeking...
Nebraska Sues First Street Over Deceptive Climate Scores
Attorney general says misleading property-risk predictions depress home values Nebraska attorney general Mike Hilgers has filed a consumer lawsuit against First Street...
765 Line Approved, But the Fight Isn’t Over
Last Friday, the Public Utility Commission of Texas approved the two segments that make up the Northern high voltage 765 transmission line defying opposition from hundreds of...
A Tough Year for the Climate Establishment
Questions mount over climate spending, emissions scenarios Call them absolutely gobsmacked. The environmental movement is used to getting its way in the federal government, not...
The Data Center Afterlife
What happens if data centers become stranded assets? America is furiously building hyperscale data centers—and many communities are furiously fighting them—on the assumption that...
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