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Environmental Stewardship

From the Blue Ridge Mountains to the Chesapeake Bay, the Commonwealth of Virginia is rich in natural resources vital to making our state a great place to live, work, and play. The responsible stewardship of those resources -- and maintaining a healthy environment for our citizens - is a primary concern for the Thomas Jefferson Institute. The mission of the Center for Environmental Stewardship is to explore the nature of environmentalism in the context of meeting all human needs.

November 2012

Protecting Federalism and State Sovereignty Through anti-Commandeering Legislation 		Protecting Federalism and State Sovereignty Through anti-Commandeering Legislation — Unfunded federal mandates are a growing problem for states and an even larger problem for local governments.  The Jefferson Institute and the Free Market Environmental Law Clinic at George Mason University prepared a legal "Nutshell" on how to challenge these unfunded mandates.  The bottom line of this report is that the federal government may not "commandeer" local resources unless those state and local governments volunteer to do so.  This important report explains the legal aspects for challenging this federal overreach and will help state and local governments, policy organizations and citizen groups challenge unfunded federal mandates and return some power to state and local government.  Read It Here!

September 2012

The Jefferson Journal: Virginians Believe Energy Regulators Have Run Amok! 		The Jefferson Journal: Virginians Believe Energy Regulators Have Run Amok! — By Michael Thompson.  Virginia's business and political leaders should work together to educate Washington bureaucrats with the goal of easing or eliminating unnecessary regulations on petroleum industry refiners as well as the 25 Virginia companies providing products and services to the refining and petrochemical industries.  (9/13/2012)    Read It Here! 

December 2011

The Jefferson Journal: Why I Want Michael Mann's Emails 		The Jefferson Journal: Why I Want Michael Mann's Emails — By Dr. David Schnare, PhD  Some argue that the emails of University of Virginia professor Michael Mann should be protected from public release on the grounds that to do otherwise would "chill" the work of scientists and academics.  Others argue that Mann is doing nothing more than trying to keep secrets and let no one know what he did and how he did it.  In this commentary, the lead attorney on the UVA-Mann email case weighs in with his arguments.  (12/7/2011).  Read It Here!
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