The End of the Islamic Republic of Iran?, Lax Pesticide Regulation, and More

October 4, 2022

For decades, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has been tasked with using the best available science to regulate pesticides. But a mounting body of evidence indicates that the agency has evolved into a timid regulator that has not kept pace with the rest of the world to protect the health of people and wildlife. Nathan Donley outlines how the EPA’s approach is hurting U.S. public health and the nation’s agricultural economy.

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“I think what we’re seeing is a very complex movement. It still does not have a shape that I think leads us to the natural conclusion of where this may go. But I don’t think it’s going to be readily quashed, and I think that we are going to see this continue to escalate and continue to cause real difficulties for the continuation of the Islamic Republic in Iran,” says Suzanne Maloney on the latest episode of Dollar & Sense.

In a recent report, Scott Anderson explores the complex and contested standing doctrine—which plays a central role in determining who has access to federal courts and for what purposes—in order to bring contemporary issues raised by this doctrine into sharper focus and identify mechanisms through which policymakers and other interested parties may be able to address them.

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