The Polluters’ Lawyers
Legislation to strengthen the Clean Water Act, the Clean Air Act and other environmental concerns in the 1970s did not only create new government agencies, it also spawned entire fields of law. While...
View ArticleEPA Loses Major Supreme Court Decision on Wetland Enforcement
(Photo courtesy of the Pacific Legal Foundation) A unanimous Supreme Court ruling yesterday in favor of Mike and Chantell Sackett marks a significant victory for private property advocates. It also...
View ArticleNew Coal Plants Rush Completion to Beat EPA’s Postponed Emission Rules
Politics Trumps Clean Air? Climate Change Can Kicked Down the Road On April 12, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced that it would delay regulations on greenhouse gases from new power...
View ArticleFederal Government is Longtime Supporter of Fracking
Friday August 23 marked the end of the public comment period for the Department of Interior’s draft “fracking rule” on public lands. The rule, originally proposed by Interior’s Bureau of Land...
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