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EPA Keeps Current Sewage Treatment Plant Standards
Opinion -The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has decided not to change the emission standards for large, publicly owned sewage treatment plants. -
Colorado Attorney General Fights Against Personhood Claim for River
Opinion -Colorado’s Attorney General has asked a Federal District Court to dismiss a “first-of-its-kind” claim filed by a radical environmental group, requesting the court recognize the Colorado River ecosystem as a legal person with constitutional rights. -
First Fracking Permit Granted in Illinois Returned by Company
Opinion -Kansas-based Woolsey Energy withdrew its first in the state of Illinois permit application for drilling, citing low commodity prices and Illinois’ burdensome permitting process. -
Trump Shrinks Two National Monument Areas in Utah
Opinion -President Donald Trump signed proclamations significantly reducing the size of the Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument and the Bears Ears National Monument in Utah. -
New York Law Could Restrict Oil Barges on Hudson River
Opinion -New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo (D) signed legislation that could limit or even bar oil tankers traversing the Hudson River from storing petroleum at anchorages along the river. -
EPA Bars Grant Recipients from Serving on Agency Advisory Panels
Opinion -U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Scott Pruitt is barring scientists receiving taxpayer-funded EPA grants from serving on any of the agency’s advisory boards. -
Nebraska Approves Last Segment of Keystone XL Pipeline
Opinion -The Nebraska Public Service Commission approved the final segment of TransCanada’s $8 billion Keystone XL pipeline. -
Federal Court Rules for Ranchers, Against Forest Service in Property Rights Case
Opinion -A federal court upheld the right of a New Mexico family of ranchers to access water on federal lands, determining the right dated back to the Territory of New Mexico. -
Pruitt Ends EPA’s Use of Controversial ‘Sue and Settle’ Agreements
Opinion -U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Scott Pruitt issued an agency-wide directive to end “sue and settle” practices within the EPA. -
Interior Department Plans Largest Offshore Lease Sale in History
Opinion -U.S. Secretary of the Interior Ryan Zinke has announced the Department of Interior will offer the largest oil and gas lease sale in U.S. history on March 21, 2018. -
Trump Administration Considers Funding Massive Wind Farm
Opinion -The administration of President Donald Trump is considering helping fund the construction of what would be North America’s largest wind power project. -
Methane Emissions Fall 50 Percent in New Mexico
Opinion -Improved efficiency has reduced methane emissions from natural gas production in New Mexico by more than half from 2016 to 2017. -
U.S. Oil Exports Surge, Transform Global Energy Markets
Opinion -Energy Information Administration data show the United States set a record by exporting two million barrels of oil per day in late September. -
Contra Environmentalists’ Request, Court Extends Arkansas Haze Negotiations Deadline
Opinion -Rejecting claims made by environmental organizations suing the state of Arkansas, without comment the 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals decided to maintain a hold on a lawsuit challenging Arkansas’ delayed action regional haze regulations. -
Federal Court Allows Limited Ongoing Mine Operations
Opinion -U.S. District Judge Donald Molloy allowed Signal Peak Energy to continue operating its Bull Mountains Mine No. 1 near Billings, Montana on a limited basis. -
Federal Court Tosses Challenge to EPA Transportation Air Quality Guidance
Opinion -A Federal court found environmentalists and community groups lacked standing to challenge the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s decision to modify its guidance determining when transportation projects might violate air quality standards. -
EPA Ends Use of Controversial ‘Sue And Settle’ Agreements
Opinion -Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Scott Pruitt issued an Agency-wide directive to end “sue and settle” practices within the EPA. -
Federal Judge Tosses Logging Company’s Lawsuit
Opinion -A federal judge in San Francisco dismissed a logging company’s lawsuit against Greenpeace and a San Francisco Bay Area nonprofit called Stand, who it accused of libel and racketeering. -
Trump Administration Reverses Obama-Era Drilling Restrictions
Opinion -The Department of Interior announced it is rescinding a policy implemented under former President Barack Obama placing large areas of public lands off limits for consideration of oil and gas leasing and development. -
Trump Administration Rejects Funding for California Water Project
Opinion -President Donald Trump’s administration has decided against funding the Delta tunnels water project in California. -
Forest-thinning Measure Approved by Ag Committee
Opinion -The House Agriculture Committee approved a proposed bill in October loosening environmental regulations for forest-thinning projects on Forest Service lands. -
Fracking Rarely Linked to Quakes
Opinion -Hydraulic fracturing is rarely linked to seismic shaking, according to an analysis of earthquakes near “frack jobs,” conducted by Oklahoma state officials. -
Endangerment Finding Should be Reviewed and Repealed, says Think Tank
Opinion -Representatives of the Texas Public Policy Foundation met with Environmental Protection Agency staff to show why as a matter of law the agency should reconsider its endangerment finding concerning carbon dioxide. -
Government Allows California Water Project to Move Forward
Opinion -The Trump administration has cleared the way for a controversial project intended to draw water from beneath California’s Mojave Desert and sell it to water providers in Southern California.
