Commentary

Reefer Madness: The Obama Team at Sea

By Quin Hillyer
Wednesday, March 27 2013

From oysters in California to red snapper in the Gulf of Mexico, federal regulators acting in the name of the environment are actually harming both the environment and human interests. Is it any wonder why so many people think federal government involvement in most areas of life is far worse than no federal involvement at all? Let’s start with the oysters. The government watchdog group known as Cause of Action is leading a lawsuit against the Obama Department of Interior for using (allegedly) flawed science – unethically so, with full knowledge of its flaws – to justify the…

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