Daren Bakst is the director of the Center for Energy and Environment at the Competitive Enterprise Institute.
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Many Americans are rightfully concerned about the status of the country’s meat supply during the COVID-19 pandemic. Unfortunately, there are no simple answers to help… Read More
EconomyCommentary
Maintaining a safe and reliable food supply is one of the most important concerns during the coronavirus pandemic. This includes making sure there’s enough food for… Read More
SocietyCommentary
Agricultural immigration reform shouldn’t include amnesty. This should be a given. Unfortunately, some legislators seem to disagree, as evidenced by the agricultural immigration legislation the House… Read More
EconomyCommentary
When the Environmental Protection Agency issues a regulation, the rule should do more good than harm. That hasn’t always been obvious to the EPA, and… Read More
EconomyCommentary
The Environment Protection Agency’s Science Advisory Board is supposed to provide scientific advice to the EPA administrator. The Science Advisory Board seems to have forgotten… Read More
EconomyCommentary
The House just passed a massive amnesty bill that would give millions of illegal agricultural workers and their spouses and children a pathway to citizenship…. Read More
EconomyCommentary
The Trump administration last month repealed the Obama administration’s infamous “waters of the United States” rule, by which bureaucrats tried to use the Clean Water… Read More
Economy Commentary
There was some good news Wednesday on the agricultural trade front. The Office of the United States Trade Representative just announced several key provisions of… Read More
LawCommentary
Thursday saw a major win for the rule of law, property rights, and the environment: The Trump administration announced that it had finalized its repeal… Read More
LawCommentary
The Trump administration has just taken an important step in the effort to protect threatened and endangered species. On Monday, the administration published final regulations… Read More
