Category: EPA

Judge Hears Opening Arguments on Biden Administration’s Alleged Purge of Industry From EPA Panels

Judge Timothy Kelly of the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia heard opening arguments Dec. 22 on “Young vs. EPA,” which concerns allegations that the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) illegally purged both its Clean Air Scientific Advisory Committee and its Science Advisory Board of representatives from the industries their decisions would regulate. One…


Supreme Court Could Decide Fate of Monsanto/Bayer RoundUp Cancer Suits

On Dec. 13, the Supreme Court asked the Solicitor General to offer the United States’ views on “Monsanto vs. Hardeman”—the latest move in what could be a landmark case for multibillion-dollar litigation linking the pesticide RoundUp to non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma, if the Supreme Court agrees to review the case. After a call for the views of…


The Biden Admin Releases Strictest Ever Fuel Economy Rules

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is putting in place new fuel economy rules for passenger cars and light trucks. The new standards are the strictest yet, even more so than what was put into place during the term of former President Barack Obama. They come as the result of an executive order from President Joe…


Biden Admin Releases Strictest-Ever Fuel Economy Rules

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is putting in place new fuel economy rules for passenger cars and light trucks that are the strictest yet, even more than the standards set during the Obama administration. They come as the result of an executive order from President Joe Biden in January and undo President Donald Trump’s rollback of…


EPA Trims Ethanol Requirements, Citing Reduced Demand Due to COVID-19 Pandemic

The Biden administration Tuesday slashed its production requirements for ethanol and other biofuels, citing reduced demand due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Administration officials also moved to deny petitions to exempt small refineries from their obligations under the federal Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS), saying that they weren’t able to show exemptions were justified under the Clean…


Supreme Court Defies Biden Administration, Accepts Immigration, EPA Cases

The Supreme Court decided Oct. 29 to hear two cases that the Biden administration did not want the court to hear—one, aimed at reviving a rule that screens out potentially government-dependent immigrants, and another that could roll back the reach of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). The court decisions came as migrants continue to…


Biden EPA Official Grilled on ‘Forever Chemicals’

Two days after the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) released a roadmap on per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS), also known as “forever chemicals,” the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works questioned the EPA’s Assistant Administrator for the Office of Water, Radhika Fox, about how her agency plans to address PFASs, which are still used in…


Biden EPA’s Purge of Industry Representatives Violated Federal Law: Lawsuit

The Environmental Protection Agency failed to follow federal law when it purged industry representatives from two advisory panels, a lawsuit filed Thursday alleges. Michael Regan, a President Joe Biden nominee, was sworn in as the administrator of the agency, known as the EPA, on March 11. Twenty days later, he removed every member of two…


House Hears From Witnesses on Risks to Water From ‘Forever Chemicals’

The House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure’s Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment held a hearing on per- and polyfluorinated alkyl substances (PFAS), or “Forever Chemicals,” questioning witnesses on those chemicals’ dangers and sparking debate over the proper role of the federal government in managing the country’s waters. The hearing comes in the midst of…


House Panel Hears From Witnesses on Risks to Water From ‘Forever Chemicals’

The House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure’s Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment held a hearing on per- and polyfluorinated alkyl substances (PFAS), or “forever chemicals,” questioning witnesses on the chemicals’ dangers and sparking debate over the proper role of the federal government in managing the country’s waters. The hearing comes amid heavy media coverage…