Uneven Oversight: Addressing Regulatory Disparities

By Carrie Crumpton, CNX Vice President of Environmental StrategyMisappropriated regulatory attention often leads to excessive scrutiny of some industries, while others with similar environmental impacts go largely unsupervised. It’s like a sports referee only watching one team for fouls and ignoring the other team. This imbalance can result from political influence, public perception, outdated regulatory frameworks, agency coordination failures, and other economic priorities.