Environmental Protection Agency

SCOTUS Curbs EPA: The Sackett Case 0
- CONSTITUTION, Supreme Court
- June 15, 2023
Justice Alito’s majority opinion held that the phrase “waters of the United States” means only defined bodies of water—such as lakes and streams—and those wetlands that so border them that their waters’ surface merges with the surface of the lake or stream.
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Don’t Get Used to the Recent Drop in Gas Prices 0
- ENERGY & ENVIRONMENT
- September 29, 2022
Despite Governor Polis’s last minute hand-wringing, the EPA has announced that expensive new gasoline requirements will absolutely be coming to the Denver Metro area. According to the Colorado Sun: The Environmental Protection Agency can’t let Colorado off the hook for imposing more expensive reformulated gas to fight ozone pollution beginning in 2024, the agency said in
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Polis Announces Push Back Against Looming EPA Mandates 0
- ENERGY & ENVIRONMENT, Environment
- August 18, 2022
In a rare break from his usual routine, Governor Jared Polis (D.) appears to be fighting back against unwelcome and costly environmental regulations for once. Per the Denver Gazette: In a reversal of his approach to federal ozone determinations three years ago, Gov. Jared Polis is poised to ask the Environmental Protection Agency to not rush
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Slaying a dragon: Pruitt strikes down the CPP 0
- ENERGY & ENVIRONMENT
- October 11, 2017
President Obama and the eco-left’s draconian federal scheme to regulate carbon emissions comes to an end, but Colorado still faces a similar dragon closer to home. I don’t think I’ve ever written this, but thank goodness for the EPA! Well, actually, thank goodness for Administrator Pruitt’s announcement that he will “formally sign a proposal to
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EPA social media machine put on hold 0
- ENERGY & ENVIRONMENT, Governing Bodies / Agencies, Legal
- January 25, 2017
This is the first presidential transition of complete social media saturation, and it should come as no surprise that the Trump Administration wants control of social media accounts from activist agencies such as the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) where some staffers have threatened to undermine the new administration. According to an online media report, the
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EPA employees plan resistance to Trump agency reform efforts 0
- ENERGY & ENVIRONMENT, Governing Bodies / Agencies, Legal
- January 23, 2017
Back in November, the Independence Institute previewed what opposition the incoming Trump administration would likely face if campaign pledges to reform and reduce the size and scope of federal agencies like the Environmental Protection Administration, concluding that in many cases, personnel is policy. Newly leaked reports and sources within the agency hint that the personnel
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