@WillRinehart I was wondering about depressurizing volcanoes to mitigate eruptions recently and happened upon this link below from USGS https://t.co/pPi4t4k2bN
my Q: would tapping Yellowstone’s energy perhaps increase the risk of eruption and would it cause geysers and springs to disappear?
@Maceyjoshua@AriPeskoe At the same rate, “regulation does not assure that the regulated business make a profit,” 324 U.S. 548, 566, so the capital attraction standard on inheres so much (i.e., that rates are “sufficient to yield a reasonable return on the value of property”). (2/2)
@Maceyjoshua@AriPeskoe Commissions are required “to set a rate of return commensurate with other enterprises of comparable risk and sufficient to assure that enough capital is attracted to the utility to enable it to meet the public’s needs.”
731 F.2d 959, 967 (D.C. Cir. 1984). (1/2)
@henrygrabar there could be a book written about communities lobbying their governments to keep roads closed after the pandemic and what it takes for these communities to succeed
Rock Creek Park goers rejoice! NPS has reversed its decision and will keep upper Beach Drive permanently closed to thru-traffic. Thank you NPS for restoring Congress’ and early park administrators’ intent and vision, so that we may enjoy nature in peace.
https://t.co/RqNNafVIl6
See here for my public comment on the National Park Service’s proposal to reopen upper Beach Drive to vehicle through-traffic, where I argue that doing so would violate federal law on numerous counts:
https://t.co/MLG4NfWA84
“Of course, in 1890, Congress did not envision that these new roadways, meant for the preservation of nature and its enjoyment, would someday be used for the pleasure of the automobile driven by 21st-century commuting suburbanites.” https://t.co/2ys5AWMb08