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Federal Court Trump Administration Ax Obama Era WOTUS Rule
Opinion -environment-climate-news -One of the most far-reaching regulatory initiatives ever undertaken by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has been struck down by a federal court in Georgia and then withdrawn by the Trump administration. -
Federal Judge Blocks Trump Administration’s WOTUS Rollback
Opinion -environment-climate-news -A federal district judge halted the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s two-year delay of the agency’s restrictive Waters of the United States rule. -
EPA Moves to Scrap WOTUS Rule
Opinion -environment-climate-news -the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Department of the Army, and Army Corps of Engineers proposed a rule to rescind the controversial 2015 Waters of the United States rule. -
Trump Moves to End Obama-Era WOTUS Rule
Opinion -environment-climate-news -President Donald Trump ordered the Environmental Protection Agency and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to “review and reconsider” an Obama-era rule greatly expanding federal jurisdiction over small bodies of water nationwide. -
PRESS RELEASE: Heartland Institute Experts React to Trump’s Executive Order to Rescind WOTUS Rule
Opinion -Press Release -"I think America needs an EPA, but we need an EPA that’s focused on protecting the environment, not on satisfying the whims of environmentalists" - Rich Trzupek -
House Science Committee Questioned EPA Administrator on the Science Behind WOTUS
Opinion -Republican members of the House Science, Space, and Technology Committee questioned in June Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Gina McCarthy concerning EPA’s regulatory agenda. -
Obama Vetoes WOTUS Disapproval
Opinion -A bipartisan effort to block the controversial Waters of the United States (WOTUS) rule, which was put into place by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the U.S. -
Sixth Circuit Provides Bridge Over Troubled WOTUS
Opinion -In what has been a rough couple of months for the Obama administration on the regulatory front, the U.S. -
Judicial Wrangling Over WOTUS Rule Continues
Opinion -States opposing the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) far-reaching Waters of the United States (WOTUS) rule are fighting to have a preliminary injunction on the rule in 13 states expanded nationwide. -
States Sue Over WOTUS
Opinion -States Sue Over WOTUS By Bonner R. Cohen The Obama administration’s plan to expand the definition of wetlands in order to increase the number of waterways protected by Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) edicts is running into multiple roadblocks. -
EPA Presses Forward with Controversial WOTUS Rulemaking
Opinion -Throughout 2014 the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency made significantly moves to expand its jurisdiction over previously unregulated bodies of water across the United States.As a justification for its controversial initiative, on Jan. -
An End Run Around the Supreme Court
Opinion -The Court called the EPA rule exactly what it was, an attempt to impose federal zoning on millions of acres of private land across the U.S., under the guise of “protecting” wetlands. -
Using a Different Tool to Control Water
Opinion -It is no coincidence that environmental petitioners have requested that another 3,178 more species be added to the federal endangered list, more than the total number added in the entire 50-year history of ESA. -
Climate Change Weekly #473: Polar Ice Defies Climate Crisis Narrative
Opinion -The harm can only be expected to grow as the world’s governments push for an ever-greater expansion of industrial wind. -
Will They Ever Get Tired of Losing?
Opinion -“Destructive federal overreach.” A federal judge in Texas blocked the Biden administration from implementing EPA control over all water in the US. -
How Many Times Must We Do This?
Opinion -Twenty-three states have now sued the EPA over its so-called “Waters of the United States” (WOTUS) rule, because once again, the agency is asserting federal authority over water not covered under the law. The lawsuit says the rule “goes beyond the power Congress delegated in the Clean Water Act, raises serious constitutional concerns, and runs roughshod over the Administrative Procedure Act.” This is eerily familiar -
Which Side Will Colorado Be On?
Opinion -Editorial -Which side will Colorado be on this time? Will its officials defend its water, or knuckle under to federal control? -
Turning the Aircraft Carrier
Opinion -Editorial -Since the days of George Washington, Presidents have wished they could make government employees do what they are told. Actually, that frustration is much older than America. -
Trump Administration Offers Clean Water Act Reforms
Opinion -environment-climate-news -The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has offered a series of regulatory reforms to the 1972 Clean Water Act, to protect states’ legitimate authority over land and water within their borders and to protect property rights. -
PRESS RELEASE: Heartland Institute Reacts to Trump EPA’s New ‘Navigable Waters Protection Rule’
Opinion -Press Release -“President Trump delivered wonderful news for Americans who have been oppressed by EPA bullying and overreach.” - James Taylor -
US Farmers Know – DC Doesn’t: Trump Remains Farmers’ Best Friend
Opinion -Editorial -Washington, DC has spent decades in bipartisan fashion making the lives of our farmers more and more miserable -
U.S. EPA Touts 2018 Pollution Improvements, Superfund Site Reductions, and Regulatory Cost Savings
Opinion -environment-climate-news -U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) efforts to streamline and reduce regulatory burdens have saved businesses and consumers billions of dollars while continuing to protect public health and safety and improving environmental outcomes. -
Obama-Era ‘Waters of the United States’ Rule Scuttled
Opinion -environment-climate-news -The Trump administration rescinded the Environmental Protection Agency’s 2015 “Waters of the United States” rule. -
A Double Ban Gets a Double Reversal
Opinion -Editorial -Interior Department reverses activist-initiated Obama-era ban on farming activities in refuges.
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