• Did we all make the wrong career choice by not becoming environmental law specialists at the University of Maryland School of Law? [@VinumLex]
• “EPA preparing to unleash a deluge of new regulations” [Michael Bastasch, Daily Caller]
• “The state of humanity is improving. Fast. Let us show you the evidence.” [New HumanProgress.org website from Cato, related essay and Twitter account]
• Long-running eminent domain suit over Centralia, Pa. mine fire settles [AP]
• Federal agencies’ entry into consent decrees with enviro groups (“sue and settle” in Chamber’s terminology) ties up more land than ever [Stephen Moore, WSJ]
• San Diego, L.A., Austin among cities to ban sales of companion animals in pet shops [International Business Times; Maggie Thurber, watchdog.org (Toledo, Ohio)]
• As UK energy prices soar, chimney sweeps return [Marian Tupy, Cato]

Filed under: consent decrees, eminent domain, environment, Environmental Protection Agency, Maryland