December 7, 2019 Feds sue California farmer on the basis that dirt in the water violates the law What’s particularly alarming to LaPant and other farmers familiar with his case is that in their view the Corps saw fit to modify the…
October 8, 2019 GOOD RIDDANCE: Now-defunct WOTUS asserted federal power over “virtually all water” That battle landed in numerous courts in 2015 when the Obama Administration issued a new interpretation of WOTUS. They said the new rule gave…
August 31, 2019 EPA using Clean Water Act to halt beneficial private conservation projects in Pacific Northwest The EPA has defined Curtis’ creek as “navigable waters,” which would put it under federal government control. If the EPA takes control of Curtis’…
April 1, 2019 After being imprisoned by the feds for digging ponds, Joe Robertson has died The Navy veteran argued that he didn’t violate the Clean Water Act because digging the ponds did not discharge any soil to navigable…
February 20, 2019 Will SCOTUS decision subject your septic tank to federal regulations? Petitioners also argue the decision would subject taxpayers to costly permits and fines. The 9th Circuit ruling could also mean property owners with, say,…
January 10, 2019 Trump Admin asks Supreme Court to determine if groundwater is federally-regulated The Justice Department yesterday recommended the high court decide whether the landmark environmental law applies to pollution that travels through groundwater before reaching federally…
March 21, 2018 Shocking case exposes how feds colluded with enviros to destroy PA farmer Kogan has further unearthed evidence revealing how FWS actively undermined USDA-authorized commenced conversion determinations on farms in Minnesota, North Dakota, and South Dakota at…
March 5, 2018 ‘Commenced conversion’ a regulatory conspiracy against American farmers This article is intended to provide an historical account of these actions and their impacts for the purpose of vindicating the many small and…
October 2, 2017 Will Trump dump pernicious Obama-era EPA regs? Mr. Duarte also has a nursery business near Modesto and employs 600 people every year. He has already paid over $2 million in legal…
August 25, 2017 How environmental regulations are turning farmers into criminals for farming Duarte drew the government’s ire because a bureaucrat happened to drive by his property during his plowing and mistook it for “deep ripping” which,…
