Doremus in Slate on the Whale Case / Natural Resources
CPR Member Scholar's take on the Supreme Court's decision on the Navy's use of whale-unfriendly sonar for anti-submarine training off the California coast, published in Slate Magazine.

Steinzor on Regulation / Regulatory Underkill
CPR's Rena Steinzor in the Baltimore Sun on why a central lesson of the financial meltdown must be the need for reasonable regulation -- and not just of financial securities.

Clean Water Blueprint / Environment
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.

Preempting State and Local Climate Change Measures
Industry and its allies in Congress want to make sure any federal climate change bill undoes existing state and local measures. In a CPR white paper, several Member Scholars explain why that's a bad idea.

CPR Blog Calendar
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01/07 The Economist on Dying Seas
01/06 Regulators Cozying Up to Regulated Industry
01/05 A Tale of Two Cities
01/02 Clean Water Enforcement: Sharp Eyes Reveal Dull Tools
12/31 Shining a Light on CFLs

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

Funk/Mendelson/Shapiro on NHTSA and Torts
In op-eds in the Winston-Salem Journal and Ann Arbor News, CPR's William Funk, Sidney Shapiro and Nina Mendelson argue that NHTSA's efforts to preempt state tort laws compromise automobile safety.

Cleaning Up the Chesapeake
CPR's new report, An Accountability Mechanism for the Chesapeake Bay: Interview Findings, makes specific accountability recommendations for states participating in efforts to clean up the Chesapeake Bay. By Rena Steinzor and Shana Campbell Jones.

Mother Earth
CPR's Rena Steinzor's new book, Mother Earth and Uncle Sam tells the story of government's failure to protect children from toxics.