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PRESS RELEASE: Heartland Institute Expert Comments on Trump Administration’s New Navigable Waters Protection Rule
Opinion -Press Release -‘For the first time in a long time there are legitimate Constitutional limits to the federal government’s control over waters within the United States.’ - H. Sterling Burnett -
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 -
Circuit Court Overturns Montana Clean Water Act Conviction
Opinion -environment-climate-news -A federal court vacated the conviction of a property owner for violations of Section 404 of the Clean Water Act. -
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Opinion -environment-climate-news -The Trump administration rescinded the Environmental Protection Agency’s 2015 “Waters of the United States” rule. -
EPA Restores Common Sense to Overaggressive Water Regulations
Opinion -Editorial -The Environmental Protection Agency announced it is rolling back some of the excessive, and possibly illegal, water regulations imposed by the Obama administration. -
Minnesota Peat Mine Wins Wetlands Case Against Army Corps of Engineers
Opinion -environment-climate-news -A federal judge in Minnesota ruled a peat mining company did not need a wetlands permit from the Army Corps of Engineers or the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to expand its operations onto adjacent private property. -
I Bet $1,000 the Air Will Be Cleaner in 2020 with Pruitt Running EPA
Opinion -Editorial -I am so sure that will be true that I offer the following wager to anyone associated with any of the big environmental groups: If the above statement turns out not to be true, I’ll personally donate $1,000 to your organization. -
Appellate Court Halts Obama Water Regulations
Opinion -The Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals in Cincinnati issued a nationwide stay on the Obama administration’s August 28 Waters of the United States (WOTUS) rule. -
Federal District Court Blocks Obama Water Rule
Opinion -A federal judge in North Dakota issued a ruling blocking the Obama administration’s controversial Waters of the United States (WOTUS) rule, hours before it was due to take effect on August 28. -
Heartland Institute Experts React to Injunction Against New EPA Water Rule
Opinion -A federal judge issued an injunction late Thursday against a new water rule issued by the Environmental Protection Agency, scheduled to take effect today. -
The Agency That Contaminated the Animas River is About to Start Regulating Water That May be in Your Backyard
Opinion -Unless a federal judge issues a preliminary injunction, the definition of the “Waters of the U.S. -
Water, Water Everywhere, and Not a Drop the EPA Doesn’t Want to Control
Opinion -There is an old saying in the West: “Whiskey’s fer drinkin,’ water’s fer fightin’!” Just as when the country was being settled, water today is a critical but relatively scarce commodity and hence the subject of much dispute. -
States, Congress Defy President’s Clean Power Plan
Opinion -Legacy Climate Change Weekly -Climate Change Weekly #177 States and Congress are challenging the Obama administration’s clean power plan. -
Deepwater Horizon Five Years Later: Lessons Learned
Opinion -Five years ago, following a blowout and explosion on the Deepwater Horizon rig that killed 11 workers, the nation was spellbound by the 87-day visual of oil flowing freely into the waters of the Gulf of Mexico from the Macondo well. The 3. -
Sen. McConnell, States Challenge EPA Clean Power Plan
Opinion -Legacy Climate Change Weekly -Climate Change Weekly #167 The Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) proposed Clean Power Plan (CPP) appears to have few fans. Elected officials from 32 states have made public their objections. -
Proposed Water Rule Could Put ‘Property Rights of Every American Entirely at the Mercy’ of EPA
Opinion -It seems incredible, but a single missing word could turn a water law into a government land grab so horrendous even a U.S. -
Research & Commentary: The Clean Water Act
Publication -Research and Commentaries -After creating the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Congress passed numerous landmark environmental laws, including the Clean Water Act (CWA), which achieved a bipartisan majority in 1972. -
Farmers, Ranchers Oppose EPA Water Grab
Opinion -An 88-page regulatory proposal designed to “clarify” federal jurisdiction of “waters of the United States” is sowing opposition in the agricultural community, provoking calls for Congress to step in and force the U.S. -
EPA Attempts to Grab More Power Under the Clean Water Act
Opinion -A long-simmering dispute over which bodies of water the U.S. -
Farm Bureaus Can Join Suit Challenging EPA Stormwater Regulation, Court Rules
Opinion -The American Farm Bureau Federation and the West Virginia Farm Bureau can intervene on behalf of a chicken farm owner suing the U.S. -
St. George, Utah Prevails in Clean Water Act Dispute with Army Corps
Opinion -The resort town of St. George, Utah has won a long-running battle to gain approval for an airport on a former drag-racing strip 20 miles outside of town. -
Montana Senate to Feds: ‘Leave Our Water Alone’
Opinion -The Montana Senate has approved a resolution saying the state’s wetlands and seasonal streams should be controlled by Montana and not the federal government. -
House Bill Aims to Circumvent Supreme Court on Clean Water Act
Opinion -Legislation designed to extend the national government's power over isolated local bodies of water is being pushed by environmental activist groups in the weeks leading up to the 2007-2008 U.S. House of Representatives session, which begins in September.