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Regulatory Agency Capture: How The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission Approved The Mountain Valley Pipeline, Aakshi Agarwal May 2021

Regulatory Agency Capture: How The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission Approved The Mountain Valley Pipeline, Aakshi Agarwal

Harvey M. Applebaum ’59 Award

The FERC’s history of approving nearly 100% of pipelines and divisive pipeline cases like the Atlantic Coast Pipeline and Mountain Valley Pipeline have driven landowners’ long-standing claims of regulatory agency capture of the FERC. The present research substantiates the claim of capture with a case study of the Mountain Valley Pipeline and uncovers that the FERC is both culturally and corrosively captured. This research also suggests that the capture of the FERC began at its conception during the natural gas crisis and subsequent natural gas bubble, which caused the FERC to follow the industry’s lead. These findings indicate that the …


Political Attitudes, Cognitive Style, And Political Persuasion, Halbert Bai, Gregory Mitchell, Philip E. Tetlock Jan 2019

Political Attitudes, Cognitive Style, And Political Persuasion, Halbert Bai, Gregory Mitchell, Philip E. Tetlock

Yale Day of Data

How do liberals and conservatives differ? Existing evidence suggests clear divergences on cognitive style and sociopolitical attitudes. However, theories such as the rigidity of the right hypothesis (Adorno et al., 1950; Tetlock, 1983) and the ideologue hypothesis (Rokeach, 1956) make incompatible predictions. The present research aims to reconcile these incongruities by employing measures that assess (a) cognitive style/open-mindedness, (b) perspective-taking, and (c) relationships between characteristics of procedural justice. Study 1 employed real-world arguments on highly politicized issues to examine rhetorical features that influence an article’s persuasiveness. We found evidence for the rigidity of the right hypothesis. In Study 2, participants …


Treading The Path Of Least Resistance: Fda's Regulation Of The Subtherapeutic Use Of Antibiotics In Animal Agriculture, 1970-2015, Colleen Flynn Jan 2016

Treading The Path Of Least Resistance: Fda's Regulation Of The Subtherapeutic Use Of Antibiotics In Animal Agriculture, 1970-2015, Colleen Flynn

Harvey M. Applebaum ’59 Award

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The Politic 2011 Spring, The Politic, Inc. Apr 2011

The Politic 2011 Spring, The Politic, Inc.

The Politic

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The Politic 2010 Fall, The Politic, Inc. Oct 2010

The Politic 2010 Fall, The Politic, Inc.

The Politic

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The Politic 2010 Spring, The Politic, Inc. Apr 2010

The Politic 2010 Spring, The Politic, Inc.

The Politic

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The Politic 2010 Winter, The Politic, Inc. Jan 2010

The Politic 2010 Winter, The Politic, Inc.

The Politic

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The Politic 2009 Fall, The Politic, Inc. Oct 2009

The Politic 2009 Fall, The Politic, Inc.

The Politic

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The Politic 2009 Winter, The Politic, Inc. Jan 2009

The Politic 2009 Winter, The Politic, Inc.

The Politic

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The Politic 2008 Fall (Special Issue), The Politic, Inc. Oct 2008

The Politic 2008 Fall (Special Issue), The Politic, Inc.

The Politic

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The Politic 2008 Fall, The Politic, Inc. Oct 2008

The Politic 2008 Fall, The Politic, Inc.

The Politic

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The Politic 2008 Fall, The Politic, Inc. Apr 2008

The Politic 2008 Fall, The Politic, Inc.

The Politic

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The Politic 2008 Winter, The Politic, Inc. Jan 2008

The Politic 2008 Winter, The Politic, Inc.

The Politic

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The Politic 2007 Fall, The Politic, Inc. Oct 2007

The Politic 2007 Fall, The Politic, Inc.

The Politic

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The Politic 2007 Summer, The Politic, Inc. Jul 2007

The Politic 2007 Summer, The Politic, Inc.

The Politic

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The Politic 2007 Spring, The Politic, Inc. Apr 2007

The Politic 2007 Spring, The Politic, Inc.

The Politic

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The Politic 2007 Winter, The Politic, Inc. Jan 2007

The Politic 2007 Winter, The Politic, Inc.

The Politic

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The Politic 2006 Summer, The Politic, Inc. Jul 2006

The Politic 2006 Summer, The Politic, Inc.

The Politic

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The Politic 2006 Spring, The Politic, Inc. Apr 2006

The Politic 2006 Spring, The Politic, Inc.

The Politic

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The Politic 2005 Fall, The Politic, Inc. Oct 2005

The Politic 2005 Fall, The Politic, Inc.

The Politic

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The Politic 2005 Summer, The Politic, Inc. Jul 2005

The Politic 2005 Summer, The Politic, Inc.

The Politic

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The Politic 2005 Spring, The Politic, Inc. Apr 2005

The Politic 2005 Spring, The Politic, Inc.

The Politic

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The Politic 2004 Fall, The Politic, Inc. Oct 2004

The Politic 2004 Fall, The Politic, Inc.

The Politic

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The Politic 2004 Summer, The Politic, Inc. Jul 2004

The Politic 2004 Summer, The Politic, Inc.

The Politic

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The Politic 2004 Spring, The Politic, Inc. Apr 2004

The Politic 2004 Spring, The Politic, Inc.

The Politic

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The Politic 2004 Winter, The Politic, Inc. Jan 2004

The Politic 2004 Winter, The Politic, Inc.

The Politic

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Red, White, Blue, And Green: Politics And The Environment In The 2004 Environment, James R. Lyons, Heather S. Kaplan, Fred Strebeigh, Kathleen E. Campbell Jan 2004

Red, White, Blue, And Green: Politics And The Environment In The 2004 Environment, James R. Lyons, Heather S. Kaplan, Fred Strebeigh, Kathleen E. Campbell

Yale School of the Environment Publications Series

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The Politic 2003 Fall, The Politic, Inc. Oct 2003

The Politic 2003 Fall, The Politic, Inc.

The Politic

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The Politic 2003 Spring, The Politic, Inc. Apr 2003

The Politic 2003 Spring, The Politic, Inc.

The Politic

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The Politic 2002 Fall, The Politic, Inc. Oct 2002

The Politic 2002 Fall, The Politic, Inc.

The Politic

No abstract provided.