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May 25 2023
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Supreme Court Delivers Another Rebuke of Biden EPA Overreach
The Supreme Court of the United States on Thursday delivered another stinging rebuke of the Biden Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) overreach with a unanimous opinion essentially trashing the administration's "Waters of the United States" (WOTUS) policy that relies on an extremely broad interpretation of the Clean Water Act to restrict property owners' activities on private land that's
TownhallJul 21 2023
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US EPA harming Akron by requiring another costly sewer project
During my time as mayor, the city of Akron, our residents and our ratepayers have been feeling the weight of the U.S. EPA’s consent decree which has required us to completely overhaul our sewer system. All too often, I hear stories from residents who have to choose between paying their sewer bill or their rent or something else equally as important, and unfortunately, this burden isn’t going
Akron Beacon JournalMay 26 2023
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Supreme Court restricts EPA's ability to protect US waterways
This story was originally published by the Guardian and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. The scope of a landmark law to protect America’s waterways has been shrunk by the US Supreme Court, which has sided with an Idaho couple who have waged a long-running legal battle to build a house on wetlands near one of the state’s largest lakes. In a ruling passed down on
Mother JonesMay 25 2023
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Supreme Court Limits E.P.A.’s Power to Address Water Pollution
The Supreme Court on Thursday curtailed the Environmental Protection Agency’s authority to police water pollution, ruling that the Clean Water Act does not allow the agency to regulate discharges into some wetlands near bodies of water.
The court held that law covers only wetlands “with a continuous surface connection” to those waters, Justice Samuel A. Alito Jr. wrote for five justices
New York Times (News)May 25 2023
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Supreme Court Slashes EPA's Ability to Regulate Water Pollution
In a 5-4 ruling, the Supreme Court restricted the Environmental Protection Agency’s ability to regulate water pollution in the nation’s wetlands. The court determined that the 1972 Clean Water Act only applies to “wetlands with a continuous surface connection to bodies that are waters of the United States in their own rights.” “Wetlands that are separate from traditional navigable waters
RollingStone.comJul 10 2023
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EPA's approval of Denver-area smog reduction plan challenged by greens
July 10 (Reuters) - Two conservation groups on Monday challenged the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's approval of Colorado’s plan to reduce smog near Denver, which they said will not adequately rein in air pollution from cars and fossil fuel development. The Center for Biological Diversity and 350 Colorado filed a petition for review in the 10th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, saying in a
ReutersMay 11 2023
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EPA chief touts Biden's climate rule as opponents circle
Regan sought to simultaneously minimize growing angst from young voters worried about some of Biden’s recent moves on the environment — such as approving a major oil project in Alaska — and deflect criticism from industry that the EPA was going too far with its proposal. Regan drew parallels with past generations’ fights over societywide issues — such as the civil rights movement of the 1950s
PoliticoApr 28 2024
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Biden’s Power Plant Crackdown Raises More Questions Than Answers
The Biden administration’s Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) issued final regulations to cut power plant greenhouse gas emissions and pollutants Thursday that could raise more questions than answers in a time of rising demand and diminishing reliability on America’s power grid. Assuming it is upheld by the courts, the regulation will require both coal and natural gas power plants to invest
ForbesOct 12 2023
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EPA air sampling data shows good air quality following wildfires in Lahaina and Kula
US EPA begins hazardous waste removal work in Kula. PC: County of Maui / EPA (8.23.23) Results from a validated air sampling conducted by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency in Lahaina and Kula in late August do not show evidence of poor air quality or any hazardous levels of contaminants in the air at the time the samples were collected. EPA tested for metals including lead and arsenic,
Maui Now NewsJan 18 2023
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State: EPA will help extinguish ongoing landfill fire
MOODY, Ala. (AP) — The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is stepping in, at the request of Alabama officials, to help extinguish an underground landfill fire that has been burning in the state for nearly two months, Gov. Kay Ivey announced Wednesday. The Alabama Department of Environmental Management said the EPA will lead the effort to put out the fire at the privately operated
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