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New paper!

The current approach to space regulation threatens to slow down U.S. companies, or worse, drive them overseas.

Published by @thecgo.org, our paper highlights the key issues that Congress should address:

Regulating Outer Space: Of Gaps, Overlaps, and Stovepipes - The CGO
Regulating Outer Space: Of Gaps, Overlaps, and Stovepipes - The CGO
This paper looks at our regulatory structure, who regulates outer space, and with what authority. Are there gaps that need to be filled?
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July 10, 2023 at 6:33 PM
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Via @thecgo.org: Keeping Kids Safe Online: How Should Policymakers Approach Age Verification?
Keeping Kids Safe Online: How Should Policymakers Approach Age Verification?
As policymakers devise new online child safety regulations, how should they approach the issue of age assurance?This paper seeks to answer that question.
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June 21, 2023 at 4:23 PM
From our brief ”’Virtually no modern website would function if users had to sort through content themselves.' ... All would thus be harmed if Section 230 were constricted to exclude automated recommendation systems." https://www.thecgo.org/research/amicus-curiae-brief-filed-in-gonzalez-v-google-llc/
May 18, 2023 at 4:13 PM
33% of US landowners want $1+/hour to allow commercial drones to fly over their home.

35% of landowners wouldn't allow commercial drones for any price.

Drone delivery vs. landowner rights: https://www.thecgo.org/research/can-landowners-exclude-drones-from-their-low-airspace/
May 9, 2023 at 3:47 PM
If you find the Coruscant Airspace inspirational then this paper is for you: https://www.thecgo.org/research/can-landowners-exclude-drones-from-their-low-airspace/
May 4, 2023 at 3:45 PM
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NEW RESEARCH from @thecgo.org that analyzes the attitudes of Americans towards commercial drone overflights; how much they'd need to be paid for that; and the level of gov best situated to regulate local airspace: https://www.thecgo.org/research/can-landowners-exclude-drones-from-their-low-airspace/
May 2, 2023 at 3:10 PM
As 1.6 million people await an asylum decision, CGO Undergraduate Fellow Kallin Kelley lays out two promising reforms to insulate immigration courts from political pressure. https://entrypoint.substack.com/p/ensuring-the-rule-of-law-by-creating
April 28, 2023 at 4:35 PM
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Hi @aoc.bsky.social, so glad you are here!

Can I shill you my paper on NEPA reform? The problem is that current NEPA practice goes well beyond any plain reading of the law as it was originally passed.

https://www.thecgo.org/research/bringing-nepa-back-to-basics/
Bringing NEPA Back to Basics
If we are to address the challenges of our time, whether they be climate change or the emergence of strategic adversaries, we must not let NEPA keep one hand tied behind our backs.
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April 27, 2023 at 10:10 PM
New research shows that after Utah built a wildlife bridge across a busy interstate
- Wildlife vehicle collisions ⬇️ 66%-77%
- $15M+ in net social improvement, more than double the cost of the overpass
https://www.thecgo.org/research/wildlife-crossing-ahead-costs-and-benefits-of-avoided-collisions/
Wildlife Crossing Ahead: Costs and Benefits of Avoided Collisions - The CGO
Every year in the United States wildlife vehicle collisions (WVCs) kill over 200 people and injure 26,000, costing more than $8 billion.
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April 19, 2023 at 4:53 PM
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I was in entrepreneur.com this week writing about the proposed TikTok ban, small businesses, and what Congress should be doing to balance those issues: https://www.entrepreneur.com/business-news/banning-tiktok-would-hurt-small-businesses-heres-what/449607
April 15, 2023 at 7:01 PM
This isn't quite what we mean by fighting fires from space but satellite imaging could revolutionize wildfire detection. https://www.thecgo.org/benchmark/fighting-fires-from-outer-space/
April 18, 2023 at 3:52 PM