Category: EPA

Supreme Court Targets the Real Enemy

News analysis The flurry of rulings from the Supreme Court has everyone’s head spinning. The most significant among them, even if it doesn’t capture all the headlines, is West Virginia vs EPA. The majority opinion is impressive but the part I found truly wonderful is the concurring opinion by Neil Gorsuch. This is where we…


Republicans Applaud SCOTUS EPA Decision as Victory Over Bureaucracy, Democrats Make Dire Predictions

Republicans and Democrats are split over a decision by the Supreme Court (SCOTUS) that greatly limits the reach of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to regulate carbon emissions. While Republicans have painted the decision as a victory over unelected bureaucrats, Democrats are sounding the alarm about the environmental toll that they say the decision could…


SCOTUS Limits EPA’s Power to Curb Emissions; SCOTUS Allows ‘Remain in Mexico’ Policy to End | NTD News Today

Four men have been charged in connection to the deaths of 53 suspected illegal immigrants. Two of them facing life in prison or the death penalty if convicted. Fed chair Jerome Powell warning that economic growth will likely slow, while a new poll finds that Americans are more and more pessimistic about the economy, including…


Big Cities’ Climate Lawsuits Against Big Oil Scrutinized

A recent wave of government climate change lawsuits against oil and gas firms may prove deeply harmful, actually inhibiting the growth of new, greener technologies by diverting resources that would otherwise fuel innovation, according to a May 16 issue brief from the Pacific Research Institute (PRI). “There are many serious adverse consequences from state and…


Biden Administration to Suspend Summer E15 Gasoline Sales Ban

The Biden administration is planning to allow sales of higher-ethanol gasoline blends throughout the summer months as part of measures to address the increasing fuel costs driven by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. “The president is committed to doing everything he can to address the price increase Americans are facing at the pump,” a senior Biden…


EPA Nominee Whose Tweet #ResistCapitalism Advocated ‘Climate Reparations’ Now Closer to Senate Confirmation

The Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works (EPW) deadlocked 10-10 on April 7 on the nomination of Carlton Waterhouse to serve as assistant administrator for the Office of Land and Emergency Management in the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)—but a motion by Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) could still send it to the Senate…


EPA Nominee Who Said #ResistCapitalism, Advocated ‘Climate Reparations’ Now Closer to Senate Confirmation

The Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works (EPW) deadlocked 10-10 on April 7 on the nomination of Carlton Waterhouse to serve as assistant administrator for the Office of Land and Emergency Management in the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)—but a motion by Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) could still send it to the Senate…


Supreme Court Agrees to Hear Challenge to Controversial EPA Wetlands Rule

The Supreme Court agreed Jan. 24 to hear a 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 National Association of Home Builders and the U.S. Chamber of Commerce had urged the court to take up…


‘No New Coal Plants Should Be Built’: UN Secretary-General to World Economic Forum

In a special address to the World Economic Forum’s Davos Agenda 2022, United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres said that “no new coal plants should be built.” “This must be a priority for us all—to phase-out coal,” he said. Guterres, a former prime minister of Portugal who also previously led the Socialist International, has served as…


EPA Disapproves Wyoming Coal Plant Plan Despite Signaling Support Under Trump

After more than a year of inaction, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced Jan. 12 that it proposes to disapprove the State of Wyoming’s changes to its regional haze plan for PacifiCorp’s Jim Bridger coal power plant, potentially closing down Unit 2 of the facility for a year or more. Yet in an exclusive interview…