They say fences make good neighbors, but Utah doesn’t have a fence to stop pollution from drifting to Colorado and elsewhere. Additionally, unlike a careless burglar breaking into your home — ozone pollution doesn’t leave DNA to identify a specific culprit. These realities compound the struggles states face when it comes to controlling what happens […]
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Thursday blocked a Biden administration environmental regulation aimed at curbing harmful air pollution that crosses from one state to another and contributes to the formation of smog. In doing so, the court on a 5-4 vote granted requests from three Republican-led states — Indiana, Ohio and West Virginia — […]
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court is putting the Environmental Protection Agency’s air pollution-fighting “good neighbor” plan on hold while legal challenges continue, the conservative-led court’s latest blow to federal regulations. The justices in a 5-4 vote on Thursday rejected arguments by the Biden administration and Democratic-controlled states that the plan was cutting air pollution […]
By Andrew Chung WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday blocked an Environmental Protection Agency regulation aimed at reducing ozone emissions that may worsen air pollution in neighboring states, handing a victory to three Republican-led states and the steel and fossil-fuel industries that had challenged the rule. The 5-4 decision granted requests by Ohio, […]
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By Clark Mindock (Reuters) – A group of 25 Republican state attorneys general sued the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency on Thursday, seeking to block a landmark rule requiring sweeping reductions in carbon emissions from existing coal-fired power plants and new natural gas plants. The lawsuit in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of […]
Apr. 15—A host of Texas representatives and energy industry groups has joined Congressman August Pfluger and fellow congressional Republicans to excoriate and oppose the Environmental Protection Agency’s new requirements, scheduled to go into effect May 7, concerning methane emissions. “One of the only promises that President Biden has followed through on is his campaign vow […]
Apr. 2—State Rep. Brooks Landgraf and Waco economist Ray Perryman say the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s new rules for the imposition of electric vehicles on the American public simply won’t work. Aimed at increasing EV sales, which were only 5.8 percent of new vehicle sales in 2022 and 7.6 percent last year, the EPA said […]
By Clark Mindock (Reuters) – Republican-led states and industry groups on Wednesday filed three lawsuits challenging a U.S. Environmental Protection Agency rule that toughens air quality standards for soot pollution. The lawsuits were filed in the U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit by a variety of industry groups and 25 states including […]
On Aug. 16, 2022, President Joe Biden signed the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) into law, taking most people, even those who worked tirelessly to pass the bill, by surprise. The IRA is an historic investment in the clean energy transition; its funding is spurring decarbonization across all economic sectors, from heavy industry to individual residents, […]