Shawn Regan Journalist Profile

Articles

L.A. Wildfires Should Be a Wake-up Call

Jan 10, 2025 | city-journal.org | Shawn Regan

The devastating fires raging near Los Angeles have again drawn national attention to America’s wildfire crisis. Such destructive blazes have become increasingly common, and their human toll is staggering: lives lost, families displaced, and entire neighborhoods reduced to ashes. Like other recent severe wildfires, the blaze in Los Angeles raises questions about what can be done to prevent such devastation in the future. Fortunately, we know what works.
Developing new tools to de‐risk wildlife occupancy on private lands

Aug 14, 2024 | conbio.onlinelibrary.wiley.com | Shawn Regan |Benjamin Foster |Brian Yablonski |Kristin Barker

1 INTRODUCTION Private lands support much of the world's biodiversity (Kremen & Merenlender, 2018). Conserving wildlife on private lands is valuable but can create tension if animals impose risks and costs on private landowners such as forage loss, property damage, livestock depredation, or disease transmission. These risks and costs can create perverse incentives that hinder conservation efforts (Innes & Frisvold, 2009).
SEC Climate Rules: What Now?

Mar 27, 2024 | lexology.com | Scott H. Kimpel |Rachel S. Saltzman |Geoffrey B. Fehling |Shawn Regan |Hannah Flint

The US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has finally adopted long-anticipated rules governing public company disclosure of climate-related risks, strategy, governance, targets and other metrics. As expected and widely reported, several groups have filed petitions for review to challenge the new rules, but the timetable for resolving the litigation is uncertain. The results of the upcoming national elections in November could also lead to future changes to the rules.
SEC Adopts Long-Awaited Final Climate Disclosure Rules

Mar 25, 2024 | lexblog.com | Shannon S. Broome |Hannah Flint |Rachel S. Saltzman |Shawn Regan

On March 6, 2024, by a party-line vote of 3-2, the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) adopted final rules (entitled “The Enhancement and Standardization of Climate-Related Disclosures for Investors”) requiring most public companies to disclose climate-related information in registration statements and annual reports filed with the SEC.
Federal Policy Is Fueling The Wildfires It Wants To Prevent

Jun 28, 2023 | principia-scientific.com | Shawn Regan

Published on June 28, 2023Written by Shawn ReganAs wildfires rage across Canada, Americans on the East Coast and in the Midwest face a public-health threat familiar out West: wildfire smokeTiny soot particles can penetrate the lungs and even cross into the bloodstream, causing respiratory and heart problems. Yet environmental laws stifle one of the most effective tools to reduce wildfire pollution: prescribed fires.
Opinion | Fight Fire With Fire (if EPA Allows)

Jun 22, 2023 | wsj.com | Shawn Regan

Federal pollution laws create perverse incentives that subject Americans to more hazardous smoke. June 22, 2023 5:08 pm ETAs wildfires rage across Canada, Americans on the East Coast and in the Midwest face a public-health threat familiar out West: wildfire smoke. Tiny soot particles can penetrate the lungs and even cross into the bloodstream, causing respiratory and heart problems. Yet environmental laws stifle one of the most effective tools to reduce wildfire pollution: prescribed fires.
Fanning the Flames

May 16, 2023 | city-journal.org | Shawn Regan

As pandemic restrictions eased across America last year, Californians faced other problems. Amid historic drought conditions, statewide mandates imposed strict water-conservation measures, backed by fines of up to $500 per day. Wildfires led to evacuation warnings near the state’s dense and overgrown forests. Power shortages from heat and fires resulted in a statewide grid emergency.
Gross v. Madison Square Garden Entertainment Corp. (n/k/a Sphere Entertainment Co.)

Apr 21, 2023 | dockets.justia.com | Shawn Regan

Gross v. Madison Square Garden Entertainment Corp. (n/k/a Sphere Entertainment Co.) Plaintiff: Aaron Gross Defendant: Madison Square Garden Entertainment Corp.
A Conservation Approach Where Everyone Wins

Mar 23, 2023 | discoursemagazine.com | Tate Watkins |Shawn Regan

It’s nothing more than “people on the Front Range—a bunch of city dudes” trying to “cram it down our throats.” That’s how one Colorado rancher described a ballot initiative that mandated the state’s impending reintroduction of the gray wolf, after its nearly century-long absence from the state. In 2020, Colorado voters approved a measure to reintroduce wolves by a margin of 50.9% to 49.1%.
Save Endangered Species From Environmental Regulations

Feb 10, 2023 | newsbreak.com | Shawn Regan

For nearly two decades, ranchers in Montana's Big Hole Valley have worked with local conservation groups to protect habitat for the Arctic grayling, a rare fish with colorful markings and a saillike dorsal fin. But if some environmentalists get their way, these voluntary efforts could be in jeopardy.