Senators Fight to Stop EPA’s Takeover of All Water
Senator John Barrasso
U.S. Senators John Barrasso (R-WY), Jim Inhofe (R-OK), Dean Heller (R-NV), Jeff Sessions (R-AL) and 26 other Senators have introduced legislation to stop the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) from taking over all private water in the United States. The “Preserve the Waters of the U.S. Act” prevents the EPA and the Army Corp of Engineers (Corps) from using their overreaching “guidance” to change legal responsibilities under the Clean Water Act (CWA). Read More ...
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EPA Introduces First Greenhouse-Gas Limits for Power Plants
Bloomberg
The Environmental Protection Agency proposed the first limits on greenhouse-gas emissions from U.S. power plants, the largest source of carbon dioxide linked to climate change.
The rules will permit emissions from new power plants at 1,000 pounds of carbon dioxide per megawatt hour, about the level for a modern natural-gas plant, the EPA said today in an e-mailed statement. The limit would effectively preclude construction of new coal-fired plants, which are struggling to compete with decade-low natural gas prices. Read More ...
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USFS: Draft CO Roadless Rule Sent to White House
E&E News
The Obama Administration today inched closer to allowing Colorado to move forward with a plan to ban most logging and road building on more than 4 million acres of national forests. Read More ...
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Supreme Court Halts EPA Bullying
Washington Post
Yesterday, the Supreme Court, in a 9-0 decision, slapped down President Obama’s Environmental Protection Agency’s arrogant denial of property owners’ right to contest in court the EPA’s administrative abuses. It was a revealing decision — about the Obama administration, more than the court. Read More ...
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