Environmental legal authority, Concerns of stagflation

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The Trans-Alaska pipeline and pump station
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A law professor helps us better understand a new EPA rule to give states and tribes more authority over energy projects that impact the environment. Then, we learn more about concerns over 1970’s-style stagflation returning, with the help of an economist.

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Episode Credits

  • Rob Ferrett Host
  • Lee Rayburn Technical Director
  • Emilie Burditt Producer
  • Colleen Leahy Producer
  • Steph Tai Guest
  • Mark Copelovitch Guest