Just The News The Supreme Court Friday issued a ruling that will limit federal agencies’ sweeping regulatory power. Libertarians and conservatives have hailed the decision as increasing individual liberty and reducing the power of bureaucrats over Americans' lives. In a 6-3 decision, the justices vacated a 1984 doctrine known as "Chevron deference," which allows federal [...]
by Greg Walcher, E&E Legal Senior Policy Fellow As appearing in the Daily Sentinel In 1991, Oleta Adams sang “Get Here” on “Soul Train.” She spent 23 weeks on the Billboard top 100 with the love ballad, listing all the ways he could get to her: by railway, trailway, airplane, caravan, sailboat, swinging on a [...]
by Greg Walcher, E&E Legal Senior Policy Fellow As appearing in the Daily Sentinel House Republicans were so upset that they held two committee hearings during 2023, and in November the Committee on Oversight and Accountability announced that it will investigate the EPA’s “use of secretive ‘sue-and-settle’ practices.” The chairman says the EPA uses the [...]
by Nick Pope The Daily Caller News Foundation A proposed update to the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) air quality standards could severely harm American industry while undermining President Joe Biden’s agenda, according to a Tuesday letter signed by more than 70 industrial executives and trade group representatives. The letter to White House Chief of Staff [...]
by Ben Zeisloft As appearing on the Daily Wire The Environmental Protection Agency released new carbon emissions standards for power plants that burn coal and natural gas, a move which some energy experts and lawmakers caution will decrease power reliability and artificially increase electricity costs for households. The new regulations unveiled on Thursday morning would [...]
by Collin Anderson As Appearing on the Washington Free Beacon EPA's stringent emission standards mandate use of green tech that 'doesn't really exist,' experts say The Biden administration is imposing near-impossible emission standards on coal and gas plants that force them to adopt the use of expensive, unproven green technology—or shut down. President Joe Biden's [...]
As covered on Junkscience.com:" The latest in Young v. EPA: Young’s reply brief to EPA’s reply brief to Young’s original brief appealling a lower court ruling that EPA is not constrained by law to conduct honest scientific peer review."
by Greg Walcher, E&E Legal Senior Policy Fellow As appearing in the Daily Sentinel The Detroit Lions have not won a playoff game since 1991 and have never been to the Super Bowl. But no defeat stops them from trying again and again. Just like the EPA. A month ago in this space, we talked [...]
Steve Milloy, E&E Legal's Senior Policy Fellow, reports on Junkscience.com, that EPA has filed an appellant brief on March 31, 2023. Milloy's quick summary includes: 1) You can’t sue us; and 2) Even if you could, we can do whatever we want. While that is the standard government agency defense, I doubt that Congress intended [...]
by Greg Walcher, E&E Legal Senior Policy Fellow As appearing in the Daily Sentinel Last week on Capitol Hill, I attended a truly bizarre committee hearing. The Water, Wildlife and Fisheries Subcommittee heard testimony on bills to remove gray wolves and grizzly bears from the endangered species list. Both species are fully recovered and no [...]
