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Russ Harding

Senior Fellow in Environmental and Regulatory Policy

Russ Harding is the senior fellow in environmental and regulatory policy at the Mackinac Center for Public Policy. He previously served as senior environmental analyst and was director of the Center's Property Rights Network. 

From 1995 through 2002, Harding served as director of the Michigan Department of Environmental Quality, having previously held senior management posts in environmental and natural resources departments in Arizona, Alaska and Missouri. Before joining the Center, Harding was senior director for environment and energy affairs with Scofes, Kindsvatter & Associates, a consulting firm.

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By Russ Harding

Fluoridation of Water Not a Cut and Dried Matter

MichiganScience is a Mackinac Center quarterly magazine that helps meet the need for accurate and accessible information about the increasingly complex scientific issues confronting voters and lawmakers. The magazine reflects the idea that even the most technical scientific policy issues can be discussed with lively prose and compelling visuals. … more
Published on Nov. 10, 2011 – MichiganScience

EPA ‘Guidance’ on Wetlands Defies Congress and the U.S. Supreme Court

Published on July 30, 2011

Hydraulic Fracturing

Published on June 11, 2011 – Michigan Capitol Confidential

Hydraulic Fracturing

MichiganScience is a Mackinac Center quarterly magazine that helps meet the need for accurate and accessible information about the increasingly complex scientific issues confronting voters and lawmakers. The magazine reflects the idea that even the most technical scientific policy issues can be discussed with lively prose and compelling visuals. … more
Published on June 7, 2011 – MichiganScience

Just the Facts

MichiganScience is a Mackinac Center quarterly magazine that helps meet the need for accurate and accessible information about the increasingly complex scientific issues confronting voters and lawmakers. The magazine reflects the idea that even the most technical scientific policy issues can be discussed with lively prose and compelling visuals. … more
Published on June 7, 2011 – MichiganScience

Natural Resources Trust Fund Needs a Makeover

Published on June 6, 2011 – Viewpoint on Public Issues

Government Policies Contribute to Higher Gas Prices

Published on April 5, 2011

The EPA’s War on Energy

Published on Feb. 7, 2011 – Viewpoint on Public Issues

Russ Harding on WJRW

Published on Jan. 24, 2011

Analysis: Hydraulic Fracturing the Key to Michigan’s Energy Future

Published on Nov. 23, 2010 – Michigan Capitol Confidential

Analysis: Michigan Should Reject High-Speed Rail Money

Published on Nov. 16, 2010 – Michigan Capitol Confidential

Hydraulic Fracturing the Key to Michigan’s Energy Future

Published on Nov. 8, 2010 – Viewpoint on Public Issues

Natural Resources the Key to Energy Security

Published on Oct. 26, 2010 – Michigan Capitol Confidential

United States No Longer Among Top Nations in Protecting Private Property Rights

Published on Oct. 19, 2010 – Michigan Capitol Confidential

Genesee County Land Bank Threatens Private Property Rights

Published on Oct. 19, 2010 – Michigan Capitol Confidential

Do We Really Own Property or Just Rent it From the Government?

Published on Oct. 19, 2010 – Michigan Capitol Confidential

East Lansing Should Look to China on Property Rights

Published on Oct. 19, 2010 – Michigan Capitol Confidential

Analysis: Slaves to Green Ideology

Published on Oct. 8, 2010 – Michigan Capitol Confidential

Global Warming Fears a Threat to National Security

Published on Oct. 7, 2010

Analysis: State Park Campground Additions a Bad Idea

Published on Sept. 26, 2010 – Michigan Capitol Confidential

Analysis: Cool Cities Are Not So Cool When You Don't Have a Job

Published on Sept. 10, 2010 – Michigan Capitol Confidential

Analysis: Low-Carbon Fuel Standard a Gift to Ethanol Lobby

Published on Aug. 18, 2010 – Michigan Capitol Confidential

Low-Carbon Fuel Standard a Gift to Ethanol Lobby

Published on Aug. 17, 2010

Analysis: Genesee County Land Bank Threatens Private Property Rights

Published on Aug. 5, 2010 – Michigan Capitol Confidential

Analysis: United States No Longer Among Top Nations in Protecting Private Property Rights

Published on Aug. 5, 2010 – Michigan Capitol Confidential

Derailed: Michigan Should Heed Greece's Experience With Light Rail

Published on July 22, 2010 – Michigan Capitol Confidential

Analysis: Michigan Needs Regulatory Certainty

Published on July 16, 2010 – Michigan Capitol Confidential

Analysis: Gulf Moratorium Similar to Directional Drilling Ban

Published on July 16, 2010 – Michigan Capitol Confidential

Genesee County Land Bank Threatens Private Property Rights

Published on July 1, 2010

State Has Better Things to do Than Worry About Bird Feeders

Published on June 25, 2010

Analysis: Politics Trumps Science on Great Lakes Drilling

Published on June 16, 2010 – Michigan Capitol Confidential

Do We Really Own Property or Just Rent it From the Government?

Published on June 12, 2010 – Michigan Capitol Confidential

Analysis: East Lansing Should Look to China on Property Rights

Published on June 10, 2010 – Michigan Capitol Confidential

Analysis: State's Decision to Deny Wolverine Power Plant Smacks of a Double Standard

Published on May 25, 2010 – Michigan Capitol Confidential

Analysis: Great Lakes Wind Development Too Risky

Published on May 19, 2010 – Michigan Capitol Confidential

Analysis: Time to Abandon Midwest Greenhouse Gas Reduction Accord

Published on May 7, 2010 – Michigan Capitol Confidential

Climate Accountability Act Needed in Michigan

Published on May 7, 2010

Newspaper Death Act

Published on May 5, 2010 – Michigan Capitol Confidential

Dam the Beavers

Published on April 29, 2010 – Michigan Capitol Confidential

Public Ownership Violates Property Rights

Published on April 28, 2010

DNRE Applying Double Standard in Detroit Asbestos Violation

It is disturbing that Detroit City officials and its contractors would flagrantly disregard well-known environmental laws regarding the removal of asbestos. It is more disturbing that state environmental regulatory officials seem to be applying different enforcement standards to government agencies and the private sector. … more
Published on April 7, 2010 – Michigan Capitol Confidential

Pledging Regulatory Reform

Published on March 8, 2010 – Viewpoint on Public Issues

Home Invasion

Published on Jan. 28, 2010 – Michigan Capitol Confidential

Public Trust Should Not Be Trusted

Published on Jan. 28, 2010 – Michigan Capitol Confidential

Document What Government Officials Tell You

Published on Dec. 4, 2009 – Michigan Capitol Confidential

A Growing Disaster

Published on Dec. 3, 2009

Ballot Proposal Is About Mining, not Water

Published on Nov. 10, 2009

Public Trust Should Not Be Trusted

Published on Nov. 9, 2009 – Viewpoint on Public Issues

Changes to Michigan Wetland Law Same Old Song

Published on Oct. 23, 2009

Medical Professionals Make Bad Climate Prescription

Published on Sept. 29, 2009

Bad Public Policy Built on Bad Data

Published on Sept. 14, 2009

Push for Green Jobs Ignores Economic Realities

Published on Sept. 3, 2009

Combining DNR and DEQ Wrong Solution

Published on July 23, 2009

Is Buying a Chrysler or GM Vehicle Unpatriotic?

Published on June 29, 2009

Great Lakes Water Levels Are Up: Must be Global Cooling

Published on June 26, 2009

Regulation Without Representation

Published on June 22, 2009 – Michigan Capitol Confidential

Government Pirates: The Assault on Private Property Rights

Published on June 17, 2009 – Property Rights Network Refuge

Governor Is Right to Call for Returning Wetland Permitting to Feds

Published on June 17, 2009 – Property Rights Network Refuge

Regulatory Revolution Needed in Michigan

Published on June 5, 2009

Senate Bill Would Rein In State Regulatory Agencies’ Powers, Says Center Analyst

Published on May 14, 2009 – News Release

The Green Energy Bubble

Published on May 5, 2009 – Michigan Capitol Confidential

Governor Makes Right Call on Returning Wetland Permitting to Feds

Published on May 4, 2009 – Viewpoint on Public Issues

State Parks Must Change or They Will Die

Published on April 6, 2009 – Viewpoint on Public Issues

Attempts at Government Efficiency Are Misguided

Published on April 6, 2009

'Smart growth' is neither

Published on Feb. 20, 2009 – Property Rights Network Refuge

DEQ permit denial sets dangerous precedent

Published on Feb. 20, 2009 – Property Rights Network Refuge

Private property rights under attack in Michigan

Published on Feb. 20, 2009 – Property Rights Network Refuge

Where's the brownfield?

Published on Feb. 20, 2009 – Property Rights Network Refuge

Coal Plant Moratorium Another Economic Blow

Published on Feb. 20, 2009

Natural Gas as an Alternative Fuel for Cars and Trucks

Published on Feb. 12, 2009 – MichiganScience

Where Is the Brownfield? (Viewpoint on Public Issues)

Published on Feb. 9, 2009 – Viewpoint on Public Issues

Where’s the Brownfield? (General Article)

Published on Feb. 9, 2009

The Terminator Aims to Destroy Detroit Autos

Published on Jan. 30, 2009

Schools Should Stick to Basics and Resist Green Fad

Published on Jan. 27, 2009 – Michigan Education Report

Waiting to Exhale: Regulating CO2 a Good Way to Move Economy into Depression

Published on Jan. 9, 2009

Blowing Smoke Over Private Property Rights

Published on Dec. 23, 2008

What the Auto Industry Needs Is Regulatory Changes

Published on Dec. 12, 2008

Where Are All the Green Jobs?

Published on Nov. 12, 2008

Here's the Drill

Published on Oct. 30, 2008 – Michigan Capitol Confidential

Greenhouse Gas Accord Will Further Damage Michigan's Economy (revised version)

Published on Oct. 30, 2008 – Michigan Capitol Confidential

Requiem for Reason

Published on Oct. 27, 2008

Smart Growth Is Neither

Implementation of smart growth policies frequently results in the loss of private property rights. … more
Published on Oct. 6, 2008 – Viewpoint on Public Issues

Conservationist or Environmentalist?

Published on Oct. 2, 2008

A New Direction on Drilling

Published on Sept. 2, 2008

Policymakers Fail to See Light on Energy Policy

Published on Aug. 25, 2008

Directional Drilling

Published on Aug. 13, 2008

Great Lakes Directional Drilling Ban Should Be Lifted

Our leaders in Washington and Lansing should encourage the responsible development of our abundant oil and natural gas reserves by eliminating arbitrary road blocks such as the ban on directional drilling. … more
Published on Aug. 4, 2008 – Viewpoint on Public Issues

DEQ Permit Denial Sets Dangerous Precedent

Published on July 17, 2008

Property Rights Network Promo

Published on July 16, 2008 – Special Items

Great Lakes Directional Drilling Ban Should Be Lifted

Published on July 2, 2008

Greenhouse Gas Accord Will Further Damage Michigan's Economy

Michigan’s future energy policy is far too important to leave to the behind-closed-doors manipulation of government officials. … more
Published on June 9, 2008 – Viewpoint on Public Issues

House-Passed Legislation Threatens Michigan’s Water Rights

Published on June 6, 2008

Ethanol May Not Be as Environmentally Friendly as Some Claim

Published on April 17, 2008

Increased Federal Jurisdiction on Michigan Wetlands a Bad Idea

Published on April 8, 2008

New Smog Rules Unfair to Western Michigan

Published on April 4, 2008

Protecting Private Property Rights Benefits Michigan’s Economy

Published on Feb. 26, 2008

Lawsuit Should Promote Regulatory Accountability

Published on Feb. 11, 2008

DEQ Adheres to Environmental Law in Kennecott Case

Published on Dec. 26, 2007

DNR Makes Incredible Find

Published on Dec. 13, 2007

Water Wars

Published on Dec. 11, 2007 – Michigan Capitol Confidential

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