Commentary At long last, the nightmare of building a dream house is over for Michael and Chantell Sackett. The Supreme Court’s unanimous Sackett v. Environmental Protection Agency decision handed down on May 25 marks another important milestone in the court’s continuing effort to correct and rein in the abusive, unlawful overreach of the administrative state. The decision…

No one is against clean air and clean water—certainly not here in America, where we have a long history of conservationism. But the climate agenda isn’t about protecting the environment, never mind humans and animals. It’s a dystopian movement led by elected officials from the White House to Congress who are pushing irrational ideas that…

No one is against clean air and clean water—certainly not here in America, where we have a long history of conservationism. But the climate agenda isn’t about protecting the environment, never mind humans and animals. It’s a dystopian movement led by elected officials from the White House to Congress who are pushing irrational ideas that…

No one is against clean air and clean water—certainly not here in America, where we have a long history of conservationism. But the climate agenda isn’t about protecting the environment, never mind humans and animals. It’s a dystopian movement led by elected officials from the White House to Congress who are pushing irrational ideas that…

A federal judge in North Dakota has temporarily blocked the implementation of the Biden administration’s controversial “Waters of the United States” (WOTUS) rule, granting the request of a coalition of 24 states and more than a dozen industry groups. On Dec. 30, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced its final “Revised Definition of Waters of…

The House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee approved a joint resolution against the Biden administration’s new Waters of the United States (WOTUS) rule during a Feb. 28 markup, the latest in an ongoing dispute as to federal authority over the nation’s waters. “I would argue that this may be the most important vote, one of the…

On Feb. 15, A coalition of 24 Republican state attorneys general filed a federal lawsuit on Feb. 15 against the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), asking the court to declare unlawful a rule the agencies developed that will determine which water resources receive federal protection. Specifically, the rule, announced on Dec. 30 and…

Republican governors called on President Joe Biden to delay the implementation of a new federal water rule pending a Supreme Court decision in a case related to the Clean Water Act (CWA) expected this summer. The Republican Governors Association (RGA) sent the letter (pdf) to Biden administration officials to delay the implementation of the revised…

Republican governors called on President Joe Biden to delay the implementation of a new federal water rule pending a Supreme Court decision in a case related to the Clean Water Act (CWA) expected this summer. The Republican Governors Association (RGA) sent the letter (pdf) to Biden administration officials to delay the implementation of the revised…

Lawyers for the plaintiffs in an upcoming Supreme Court case are upbeat about their challenge to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s long-controversial claim that the presence of surface water on private property makes it a protected wetland subject to federal regulations. The case, Sackett v. EPA, is scheduled for oral argument on Oct. 3. A…