Steinzor: Reform OIRA / Cost-Benefit Analysis
The office of the 'regulatory czar' has been a "killing ground" for protective regulations, CPR's Rena Steinzor testifies. It's time for the czar to take a different role.

IRIS Database Report / Fixing IRIS
EPA's main toxicological database is "outdated, incomplete, and inadequate," says a new report from CPR's Wendy Wagner, Rena Steinzor and Matthew Shudtz, and Obama Administration reforms don't go far enough.

Flatt-Buzbee on Waxman-Markey / Climate Change
Victor Flatt and William Buzbee in the Houston Chronicle and Atlanta Journal-Constitution on how to improve the Waxman-Markey climate change bill.

OIRA Conference / OIRA Choices
CPR's recent conference on cost-benefit analysis and the proper role of the OMB Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs was lively, and at times, combative. Listen to the audio.

CPRBlog
07/02 New Fish Consumption Advisory in California Another Lesson in the Problems with 'Risk Avoidance' Approach
07/01 Pentagon Continues to Press Its Case for Behind-the-Scenes Interference at OMB
06/30 Drywall Summer - An Update
06/29 Waxman-Markey Analysis Round-Up
06/26 Offsets in the USDA – The Bad, the OK, and the Unknown

CPR Hot Topics

Truth About Torts: The Series
CPR White Papers explore the myths about tort reform, and the misuse of federal preemption.

CPR Board on OIRA and Reg Review
CPR Board Members Applegate, Glicksman, McGarity, Shapiro, Sinden, Steinzor and Verchick call for overhaul of regulatory review process -- replacing overreliance on cost-benefit analysis with "Pragmatic Regulatory Impact Analysis" and refocusing OIRA's duties away from centralized regulatory review and toward helping agencies accomplish their statutory regulatory obligations. Read a summary of their letter to OMB; or read the letter.

Executive Orders
In November 2008, CPR Member Scholars proposed a series of Executive Orders to the Obama transition team. The proposed orders were designed to launch meaningful federal action on global warming, protection from toxics, transparency in government and more.

Clean Water Blueprint
The 1972 Clean Water Act was a landmark in the effort to protect the environment, and it has led to cleaner and safer water across the nation. But it's time for an update, according to CPR Member Scholar William Andreen.