Cal EPA Asserts Shockingly Broad Domain Over Private Property

Legend has it that Jed Clampett “was shootin’ at some food / When up through the ground come a bubblin’ crude.” The Beverly Hillbillies’ transformation into instant millionaires illustrates one of the oldest conceptions in the western world: What’s on your land belongs to you. This idea predates the founding of America. If you find gold in your backyard, that resource belongs to you.-- More...