tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5662583665774670905Thu, 24 Oct 2024 12:34:20 +0000climate changeRepublicansagricultureBLMCampaign 2012NRDCOregonToadsUC DavisWolvesag subsidiescap-and-tradeethanolfarmersmitt romneyCascadia WildlandsCattlemenColoradoCthuluEISEPAGrazingImnaha PackLanguageNevadaNinth CircuitODFWOil sandsPack StockTransCanadaarrested development referenceaustraliabiofuelscamelscarbon dioxidecarbon taxcompensationconservation practicecorncover cropsenergyfather's dayfloodsgeologic carbon sequestrationgovernmenti'm not a socialistidahoinnovationjon huntsmanlivestockmississippimissourinew orleansno-tillpollrick santorumsatirethesiswelcomewetlandswild horseswind powerThoughtful commentary on economic and legal news, with particular emphasis on the environment and agriculturehttp://legalitiesandexternalities.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.com (creeling)Blogger49125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5662583665774670905.post-8314392248522442061Thu, 14 Jul 2011 00:13:00 +00002011-07-13T20:25:55.327-04:00I was reading this article earlier today and came across this little quote from Eicke Weber, director of the Fraunhofer Institute for Solar Energy Systems: "The impact of a nuclear disaster [like the one in Japan] is simply too great for the government to continue its support for nuclear [power]." I don't think the situation in Japan should drive every country to pull their support from efforts http://legalitiesandexternalities.blogspot.com/2011/07/one-size-does-not-fit-all-when-it-comes.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Anonymous)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5662583665774670905.post-1844915992499618126Tue, 12 Jul 2011 19:42:00 +00002011-07-12T15:42:35.519-04:00livestockToadsUC DavisI've got nothing to do today. I'm waiting for a sensitivity analysis to finish on a genetic algorithm I'm working with for my research (what?); I started it last night at around 5:30 PM and when I got here at 9:30 this morning, it was only 25% complete. So, while I wait for this thing to finish running, I figured I'd play around on my new laptop and translate the most recent post by raftercm intohttp://legalitiesandexternalities.blogspot.com/2011/07/mr-toads-wilderness-lawsuit-part-i_12.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (creeling)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5662583665774670905.post-5489754801476897414Mon, 11 Jul 2011 21:58:00 +00002011-07-11T21:55:54.214-04:00Ninth CircuitPack StockToadsUC DavisWhen I worked at Frontier Pack Train, George Hay and I spent a good amount of my time putting up ugly electric fences in mountain meadows to protects the Yosemite Toad from our grazing livestock. Any spots in our grazing pastures that were wet had to be surrounded by the gaudy white electric tape so that our horses and mules wouldn't skoosh them. I wasn't defacing the back country because I lovehttp://legalitiesandexternalities.blogspot.com/2011/07/mr-toads-wilderness-lawsuit-part-i.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Anonymous)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5662583665774670905.post-9174304728090600716Mon, 11 Jul 2011 02:22:00 +00002011-07-10T22:22:46.322-04:00ag subsidiescornethanolfarmersFarmers this season have seen insanely high prices for their corn grain. Although a new higher-than-expected estimate of corn acreage has driven corn prices down from their high of $8 per bushel in June to around $6.20, corn producers are still sitting pretty. (For comparison, when I started writing my thesis a year ago, corn was at around $4.80 per bushel!) This is certainly great news for http://legalitiesandexternalities.blogspot.com/2011/07/cuz-i-got-high-cuz-i-got-high-cuz-i-got.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (creeling)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5662583665774670905.post-6846561626155300747Wed, 06 Jul 2011 23:51:00 +00002011-07-06T19:51:58.012-04:00Campaign 2012mitt romneyRepublicansIt's been awhile since I last wrote anything. I have the excuse that I've been busy, it's been a holiday, etc. But, really, I've just been watching James Bond movies. Now it's time to get back on the horse and continue on with our current feature: Cap-and-tirade: A look at GOP candidates' environmental policy records. Last time, we took a look at Jon Huntsman, the younger, greener, less http://legalitiesandexternalities.blogspot.com/2011/07/cap-and-tirade-look-at-mitt-romneys.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (creeling)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5662583665774670905.post-1903887499908252678Tue, 05 Jul 2011 23:49:00 +00002011-07-05T19:51:54.453-04:00So I will be doing a more in-depth analysis of this, but I would like to get this out as soon as I can. I had to put up so many miles of stupid, ugly electric fences in the back country to protect these wretched toads that were never in danger of being skooshed by our livestock. Screw you hippies.http://legalitiesandexternalities.blogspot.com/2011/07/stupid-toads.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Anonymous)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5662583665774670905.post-2753898979166199082Thu, 30 Jun 2011 00:08:00 +00002011-06-29T20:56:15.504-04:00Legalities and Externalilties has its first "request" post. A former classmate, Morgan Cox, brought this interesting article to my attention, so a special thanks goes out to him for being a loyal follower and active participant in our little project. * * * * * Google recently released a report that calculates the opportunity cost of delaying innovation in clean and renewable energy, and boy, ishttp://legalitiesandexternalities.blogspot.com/2011/06/im-feeling-lucky-google-calculates-cost.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (creeling)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5662583665774670905.post-8525881669752918451Tue, 28 Jun 2011 11:45:00 +00002011-06-28T07:45:17.883-04:00Campaign 2012jon huntsmanRepublicansHere is Part 1 of the series "Cap-and-tirade: a look at 2012 GOP candidates' environmental policy record". Today we look at Jon Huntsman, a promising up-and-comer who has, to this point, flown under the radar, but promises to be an apt opponent to Mitt Romney as well as a worthy spokesman for Rembrandt tooth whitening products. It turns out that I'm a little late to the game when it comes to http://legalitiesandexternalities.blogspot.com/2011/06/cap-and-tirade-look-at-jon-huntsmans.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (creeling)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5662583665774670905.post-811322279223876651Tue, 28 Jun 2011 01:21:00 +00002011-06-27T21:26:34.513-04:00<!--[if gte mso 9]> <![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]> Normal 0 false false false EN-US X-NONE X-NONE <![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]>http://legalitiesandexternalities.blogspot.com/2011/06/small-potatoes-epa-bullies-idaho_27.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Anonymous)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5662583665774670905.post-2905802168730234295Mon, 27 Jun 2011 23:07:00 +00002011-06-27T19:10:15.976-04:00pollRepublicans&nbsp;It's the week before the 4th of July, so, feeling both patriotic and curious, I'm trying my hand at a new feature here. On the right-hand side of the screen, you will see a poll that asks the question: which Republican hopeful's flame will burn out first? If he takes half as much care of the country as his immaculate facial hair, we're in good shape There is no "undecided" option, http://legalitiesandexternalities.blogspot.com/2011/06/presidential-burn-out-poll.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (creeling)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5662583665774670905.post-3676302843354297409Mon, 27 Jun 2011 14:00:00 +00002011-06-27T10:00:59.928-04:00EPAidahowetlandsI also found this during my morning news reading: "When Mike and Chantell Sackett bought a half-acre lot in the Priest Lake area of Idahos Panhandle, their plan was to build a home in which they could raise a family. Four years later, there’s still no house on the lot. What the Sacketts have built instead is a high-stakes legal challenge against the Environmental Protection Agency over its http://legalitiesandexternalities.blogspot.com/2011/06/small-potatoes-epa-bullies-idaho.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (creeling)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5662583665774670905.post-5287133423126708721Mon, 27 Jun 2011 13:26:00 +00002011-06-27T09:26:53.880-04:00I'm working on putting together the Jon Huntsman environmental record piece and will hopefully have that up today. In the interim, I thought I'd share more interesting bird-related news. "New York City is working on plans to capture geese while they are molting and can’t fly in order to ship them to Pennsylvania, where they will be slaughtered and served at food banks. The plan is an attempt http://legalitiesandexternalities.blogspot.com/2011/06/delicious-and-dangerous-canada-goose.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (creeling)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5662583665774670905.post-7766810866602888967Fri, 24 Jun 2011 22:42:00 +00002011-06-24T18:42:03.965-04:00It's getting to be that time again -- the time where political adds fill up the airwaves, stirring up the both the thoughtful and primal urges that dwell within all red-blooded, freedom-loving Americans. Where fresh-faced volunteers go door to door soliciting votes, spending weekends sprucing up the local rec center or town hall auditorium with star spangled banners, all in an effort to get 37% http://legalitiesandexternalities.blogspot.com/2011/06/cap-and-tirade-look-at-gop-candidates.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (creeling)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5662583665774670905.post-6681181323049003505Fri, 24 Jun 2011 17:54:00 +00002011-06-24T13:59:40.125-04:00<!--[if gte mso 9]> <![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]> Normal 0 false false false EN-US X-NONE X-NONE <![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]>http://legalitiesandexternalities.blogspot.com/2011/06/train-wreck-act-legal-perspective.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Anonymous)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5662583665774670905.post-5188648830236498763Wed, 22 Jun 2011 16:06:00 +00002011-06-22T12:07:54.819-04:00biofuelsenergysatirewind powerThe recent spat of attacks by birds of prey on the country's physical and intellectual energy infrastructure has been recognized by members of the GOP as nature's repudiation of the Obama Administration's energy policy. "These birds are finally making clear that which we have been saying all along: the expansion of renewable energy, whether in the form of wind power or biofuels, not only kills http://legalitiesandexternalities.blogspot.com/2011/06/mother-nature-roundly-rejects-obama.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (creeling)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5662583665774670905.post-7755898636293036227Wed, 22 Jun 2011 14:58:00 +00002011-06-22T11:07:28.171-04:00Creeling just pointed out to me that birds of prey have been attacking people at Purdue as well. These attacks cannot go unanswered. If any of you know what a viking shield-wall looks like, I think it's the only defense against these maniacal creatures.http://legalitiesandexternalities.blogspot.com/2011/06/terror-continues.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Anonymous)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5662583665774670905.post-737786800077819051Wed, 22 Jun 2011 04:04:00 +00002011-06-22T00:23:08.387-04:00I was going to write about the shenanigans the FDA is pulling with the cigarette labels today, and I will get to that. But I think that a bald eagle knocking out a small town's power with a dead fawn is distressing enough to take precedence. This was just a small town in Montana, but what if this was just a practice run? What if armies of eagles start bombarding our power grid with dead baby deerhttp://legalitiesandexternalities.blogspot.com/2011/06/eagles-attack-montana.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Anonymous)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5662583665774670905.post-5435874581650369294Tue, 21 Jun 2011 15:53:00 +00002011-06-21T11:53:54.977-04:00thesisAfter months of reading, writing, and 'rithmetic, I have successfully deposited my thesis and have fulfilled my official academic responsibilities to Purdue University. Here's the abstract for those that are interested:&nbsp;<!--[if gte mso 9]> <![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]> Normal 0 false false false EN-US X-NONE X-NONEhttp://legalitiesandexternalities.blogspot.com/2011/06/thesis.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (creeling)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5662583665774670905.post-8092656394070272538Tue, 21 Jun 2011 04:03:00 +00002011-06-21T00:07:13.790-04:00<!--[if gte mso 9]> <![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]> Normal 0 false false false EN-US X-NONE X-NONE <![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]>http://legalitiesandexternalities.blogspot.com/2011/06/hippies-have-to-sue-epa-if-they-want-to.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Anonymous)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5662583665774670905.post-4266806831751835631Tue, 21 Jun 2011 00:23:00 +00002011-06-20T20:23:02.698-04:00agricultureclimate changeconservation practicecover cropsThis is the third installment in the series "Agriculture and the Abatement of 'Record' CO2 Emissions Levels." So far, we've looked at the problem -- record emissions levels -- and one (pseudo-)solution: no-till. To recap, no-till may have some promise in allowing agriculture to contribute to the abatement of climate change because carbon offsets may be earned through carbon sequestration. Howeverhttp://legalitiesandexternalities.blogspot.com/2011/06/agriculture-and-abatement-of-record-co2_20.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (creeling)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5662583665774670905.post-6563705382716967130Sun, 19 Jun 2011 20:55:00 +00002011-06-21T12:07:29.072-04:00father's dayWe at L&amp;E would like to take this moment to wish all the father's out there a happy Fathers Day. May the impact you have on the lives of your children be vast, wise, and overwhelmingly positive.http://legalitiesandexternalities.blogspot.com/2011/06/happy-fathers-day.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (creeling)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5662583665774670905.post-4749033701732366294Sun, 19 Jun 2011 04:18:00 +00002011-06-19T00:18:16.373-04:00I was reading one of raftercm's posts and came upon this advertisement: &nbsp; I guess I never realized that Legalities and Externalities had become such a staunch critic of the Obama Administration that right-wing organizations are using us as a medium to stir up popular discontent. Now, if you have my phone number, don't call me; I need to keep the line open in case Fox News wants to http://legalitiesandexternalities.blogspot.com/2011/06/move-over-rush-limbaugh-l-is-taking.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (creeling)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5662583665774670905.post-4611979593103720878Sun, 19 Jun 2011 02:15:00 +00002011-06-18T22:17:02.042-04:00BLMColoradoEISNRDC<!--[if gte mso 9]> <![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]> Normal 0 false false false EN-US X-NONE X-NONE <![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]>http://legalitiesandexternalities.blogspot.com/2011/06/eiss-eiss-eises-eisen.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Anonymous)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5662583665774670905.post-65422407771360977Sun, 19 Jun 2011 01:37:00 +00002011-06-18T21:43:20.222-04:00farmersfloodsmississippimissourinew orleansHappy Saturday to all our loyal readers. I assume and hope that theirs is happier than mine, as I've had the distinct displeasure of watching helplessly as my computer tries to fight back the miserable "Tukpat" trojan malware that it somehow contracted. Strangely enough, the virus appeared only after having our local Best Buy examine a problem with the video card. Damn Geek Squad.&nbsp; Anywho, http://legalitiesandexternalities.blogspot.com/2011/06/to-sink-or-swim.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (creeling)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5662583665774670905.post-2488304782119675063Fri, 17 Jun 2011 14:08:00 +00002011-06-17T10:21:28.715-04:00ag subsidiesethanolThis week has seen a flurry of attacks on farm subsidies. First, as we documented on Monday and Tuesday, the Senate voted to reject a bill that would strip the tax credit for ethanol producers. On Thursday, however, they reversed their stance and voted against the subsidy while maintaining their support for a bill that would fund expansion of flex fuel pumps. Also defeated was a bill that would http://legalitiesandexternalities.blogspot.com/2011/06/more-action-on-farm-ethanol-subsidies.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (creeling)0