Tag:Environmental Protection Agency

WOTUS Odyssey, Part 2: Obama and Trump Take Different Paths, Biden Makes Third Effort

On June 7 regulatory agencies acknowledged a need to repeal NWPR to make improvements in the regulatory definition of WOTUS.

WOTUS Odyssey, Part I: Supreme Court Creates Confusion Over Waters of the U.S. Reach

The EPA and Army Corps of Engineers will soon attempt again to clarify the reach of their regulatory power over U.S. waterways.

Congress Moves to Restore Obama-Era Methane Caps on Oil and Gas Facilities

The House of Representatives has passed a resolution overriding a Trump-era effort to eliminate rules limiting methane discharges.

U.S. Supreme Court Says Guam Can Proceed in Environmental Fight

The U.S. Supreme Court rejected the federal government's effort to block Guam’s claim for cleanup of an abandoned military weapons dump

Colorado Whistleblowers Ask for EPA Intervention at Commerce City Power Plant

State employee whistleblowers are asking the EPA administrator to reexamine an emissions permit granted to a power plant north of Denver.

Former EPA Acting Deputy Administrator Joins Faegre Drinker

Faegre Drinker announced Tuesday that former EPA acting deputy administrator Doug Benevento joined the firm as counsel in Denver.

Supreme Court Closes Term with Environmental Law Cases

The U.S. Supreme Court closed its 2020-2021 oral argument calendar by hearing three environmental disputes

10th Circuit Clears Path for Major Water Rule Rollback

Colorado is no longer protected from the Trump administration’s effort to constrict the reach of the nation’s principal water pollution law after the 10th...