January 28, 2017 Feds get slammed by courts in WOTUS jurisdiction case The Supreme Court ruled unanimously in favor of Hawkes, setting a precedent that landowners may challenge the Corps’ jurisdictional determinations. The case was then…
January 22, 2017 Trump Admin to hold EPA accountable for massive toxic river spill Republicans and Democrats have criticized the agency’s decision to ignore victims associated with the Gold King Mine spill, which released 3 million gallons of…
January 9, 2017 EPA sends 1,115,539 pounds of toxic metals into Lake Powell, pats itself on back for clean rivers Those toxic metals are now likely sitting at the bottom of Lake Powell where they could be stirred up by future storms and surges…
January 7, 2017 Progressive elites seek to ‘socially engineer’ rural Americans out of existence Consider the case of the late John Rapanos, a hard-working, patriotic Michigan developer who, as the son of Greek immigrants, was living the American…
January 6, 2017 Feds use environmental law to ramp up war on rural America That’s what happens, for instance, when the EPA threatens landowners with $37,500 per day in fines ($1 mil per month) for actions as innocuous…
December 28, 2016 EPA employees, other agencies skirt law, delete millions of official records That’s “clearly a conflict of interest,” said Chaim Mandelbaum, counsel for the non-profit government watchdog Energy and Environment Legal Group. Mandelbaum’s group focuses on…
December 26, 2016 Reversal of fortune? Small miner hopeful Trump will veto EPA block on Alaska mine In February 2014, the EPA took the unusual action of blocking a mine before the project owner applied for a development permit. Trump win…
December 12, 2016 Anti-fracking mythology busted by real-world science Despite their hysterical claims and protestations to the contrary, the existing scientific evidence shows hydraulic fracturing processes do not pose a systemic impact on…
December 10, 2016 Congress’ top watchdog warns feds not to destroy documents before transition Oversight and Government Reform Chairman Jason Chaffetz (R-Utah) sent letters to agency heads Tuesday saying they have a duty under law to preserve and protect…
December 5, 2016 Trump EPA plans leave top bureaucrat ‘anxious’ about transition Trump targeted EPA for criticism on the campaign trail, pledging to roll its authority back to the states, and has questioned the science behind…
