December 8, 2015 | Category:
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Public LandsStudy: Unlocking America’s Energy Is The Best Economic Stimulus The Institute for Energy Research released a new study in December 2015 which considered the economic impacts of opening all federal lands and waters to oil and gas production. The report provides an update to a similar 2013 study in light of the current low price […]
Modoc Sucker Removed from Endangered List After nearly thirty years of recovery efforts, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (“FWS”) announced the removal of the Modoc sucker from protection under the Endangered Species Act on December 7, 2015. A small fish native to the Upper Pit River Watershed in southern Oregon and northeastern […]
Sixth Circuit to Consider Crucial Jurisdictional Issue Relating to Scope of Clean Water Act The US Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit will hear oral arguments about whether federal district courts have jurisdiction to hear challenges to President Obama’s rule broadening the application of the Clean Water Act. In May, the Environmental Protection Agency […]
November 12, 2015 | Category:
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WaterFish Before People: Environmentalists sue over Sacramento River and Shasta Dam A cadre of environmental groups filed a lawsuit yesterday against the Interior Department for allegedly mismanaging California’s water supplies to the detriment of salmon. The Natural Resources Defense Council and other groups argue that the Bureau of Reclamation has violated the Endangered Species Act […]
Senators Introduce “Keep it in the Ground Act of 2015,” a Bill Proposing to Ban Leases for Oil and Gas Drilling on Federal Property Two U.S. Senators introduced a bill on November 4, 2015 that would have wide-reaching ramifications on mining, and domestic energy production on federal lands. Senators Bernie Sanders and Jeff Merkley introduced the […]
Senate Passes Resolution Disapproving EPA’s proposed Clean Water Rule On November 4, 2015, the U.S. Senate passed Senate Joint Resolution 22 disapproving of a federal regulation drafted jointly by the Environmental Protection Agency and U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. Following the United States Supreme Court’s rulings in Solid Waste Agency of Northern Cook County v. […]
Supreme Court To Resolve Split Over CWA Jurisdiction? The U.S. Supreme Court is being asked by several of the original plaintiffs in a Clean Water Act Case, to grant the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ request to clear up a circuit split on whether the agency’s jurisdictional determinations over which water bodies are subject to […]
October 29, 2015 | Category:
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OzoneStates Challenge EPA’s New Ozone Standards Arizona, Arkansas, North Dakota, Oklahoma and New Mexico’s Environment Department join the petition for review filed by Murray Energy Corp., asking the D.C. Circuit Court to block the new national ground-level ozone standards. The EPA recently lowered the national ambient air quality standards for ground-level ozone from 75 ppb […]
Enviros Discredit Themselves, Challenge Their Own Forest Restoration Project Building and reopening miles of roads in the Santa Fe National Forest for a massive restoration project designed to make the forest more resilient to wildfires and insects would cause more harm than good, according to a formal protest filed by the environmental group that helped […]
New Waters of the U.S. Rule Halted Nationwide The 6th Circuit, in a 2-1 decision filed on October 9, 2010, halted nationwide the application of the Environmental Protection Agency and U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ new definition for waters of the U.S. under the Clean Water Act. Barring further appellate review or the conclusion of […]
