The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced Thursday it is opening an investigation into Mississippi’s role in Jackson’s water crisis, including whether state agencies have discriminated against the majority-black capital city in not funding improvements to the city’s failing water system. In a letter (pdf) in response to a complaint filed on Sept. 27 by the National Association…
EPA Opens Federal Civil Rights Investigation Into Mississippi Over Jackson Water Crisis
October 21, 2022
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Biden Admin Delays Releasing Methane Regulations to Avoid Spiking Gas Prices Before Midterms
October 20, 2022
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The White House is delaying the release of the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) methane regulations amid rising gas prices right before the November midterm elections, according to E&E News. President Joe Biden’s EPA in November began the process to reinstate Obama administration rules that force stricter methane emission limits on new and existing fossil fuel facilities after the president approved the…
Armed and Beltway-ish: More Federal Bureaucrats Than US Marines Authorized to Pack Heat
October 14, 2022
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When Congress authorized $80 billion this year to beef up Internal Revenue Service enforcement and staffing, Republican House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy invoked the language of war to warn that “Democrats’ new army of 87,000 IRS agents will be coming for you.” A video quickly went viral racking up millions of views, purporting to show…
Lawyers Challenging EPA Claim About Surface Water on Private Property Optimistic About SCOTUS Case
Lawyers for the plaintiffs in an upcoming Supreme Court case are upbeat about their challenge to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s long-controversial claim that the presence of surface water on private property makes it a protected wetland subject to federal regulations. The case, Sackett v. EPA, is scheduled for oral argument on Oct. 3. A…
EPA Waives Fuel Rule in 4 States After Indiana Refinery Fire
CHICAGO—The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) temporarily lifted a federal rule for fuel sales in four states in response to a fire last week at an Indiana oil refinery that could affect prices and supply. The emergency waiver was granted Saturday for Indiana, Illinois, Michigan, and Wisconsin, EPA Administrator Michael Regan said. In a letter to…
Had Flood Damage? How to File a Flood Insurance Claim
August 15, 2022
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Most everyone has heard of the flooding that recently took place in Kentucky. It occurred suddenly, offering no time to pack and move out in advance. Many people lost everything. If those floods happened in your area, would flood insurance cover your losses? Floods are the costliest natural disasters in America, states FEMA (Federal Emergency Management Agency)….
Biden EPA Announces ‘Flyovers’ of Key US Oil- and Gas-Producing Region
August 5, 2022
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The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) said it will conduct “flyovers” of the Permian Basin region in Texas and New Mexico to “survey oil and gas operations to identify large emitters of methane” amid the Biden administration’s climate policy initiative. “The flyovers are vital to identifying which facilities are responsible for the bulk of these…
Brick by Brick, Courts Build a Roadblock Against Biden’s Administrative State
July 20, 2022
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News Analysis As the Biden administration reels from a string of recent legal defeats, political analysts hail the U.S. Supreme Court’s latest ruling, West Virginia v. EPA, as but one component of a new, broad-based approach that the courts are taking to halt a century-long effort by progressives to empower the administrative state and rule…
It’s Not Easy Being Green
Commentary With apologies to Kermit the Frog, it’s not easy being green. The Supreme Court last week diminished the power of unelected bureaucrats to effectively make law. A 6-3 majority ruled the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) does not have the power to set standards on greenhouse gas emissions from existing power plants. It said that’s up to…
The Mighty Gorsuch Versus the Administrative State: Quotes From West Virginia v. EPA
Commentary The power of the administrative state to destroy liberty and property—to blast through legislation, science, and judicial oversight—was never more on display than in the last two and a half years. One would hope that the deep bureaucracies would have learned their lessons on how not to respond to a new pathogen. There is…
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