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Senate Upholds Biden Veto of Measure to Roll Back EPA’s Truck Pollution Rule

Senate Republicans on June 21 didn’t get the two-thirds majority support they needed to save their resolution to block the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) from enforcing its new air pollution rules for heavy-duty trucks. President Joe Biden vetoed the measure the previous week. The Republicans’ attempt to override Biden’s veto got only 50 affirmative votes…


Biden Vetoes GOP Measure to Roll Back EPA’s Heavy-Duty Truck Pollution Rule

As expected, President Joe Biden has vetoed a Republican-backed resolution that disapproves the federal government’s latest attempt to tighten air pollution standards for heavy-duty trucks. Biden announced his veto on Wednesday, accusing Republicans of trying to set back his efforts to improve the country’s air quality. “Earlier, I vetoed a Republican resolution to repeal an…


19 States Sue EPA Over California’s New Zero-Emission Rules for Big Rigs

A coalition of states has filed a lawsuit seeking a review of the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) decision to grant waivers to California that allows the state to ban new diesel-powered heavy-duty truck sales in 2035. Iowa’s Attorney General Brenna Bird led the group of 19 states that filed the legal action on June 5…


SCOTUS Curbs EPA: The Sackett Case

Commentary The Supreme Court’s ruling in Sackett v. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) (pdf) follows a pattern common since the court’s Obamacare decisions: The justices trimmed back a government agency’s overreach, but failed to address the constitutionality of the statute that facilitated the overreach. Like eight other SCOTUS opinions since 2013, the Thomas–Gorsuch concurring opinion in…


Republicans Considering Legislation to Counter ‘Lawfare’ Abuse

Lawfare abuses orchestrated by left-wing activists and sympathetic government officials that enact harmful policies and enrich activist groups need to be curbed, a congressional panel heard on June 6. The former Trump administration curbed such abuses but the Biden administration revoked the Trump policy and as a result, energy development has been shut down on…


Supreme Court’s ‘Waters of US’ Ruling a Milestone in Curbing EPA’s Unlawful Overreach

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…


Biden’s Green Rules Mean Appliances Will Soon Cost More and Do Less, Experts Say

News Analysis A pledge by the Biden administration in December 2022 to take “more than 100 actions” to impose significantly tighter environmental standards on consumer goods is now becoming reality, and consumer groups are predicting a future in which Americans pay more for products that do less, while manufacturers warn of shortages and supply chain…


California Asks EPA for Permit to Ban Gas-Powered Vehicles by 2035

The California Air Resources Board (CARB) is asking the Biden Administration for permission to ban the sale of gas-powered vehicles by 2035. But the American Fuel and Petrochemical Manufacturers, made up of 450 U.S. companies that manufacture fuel and petrochemicals, urged President Joe Biden to reject California’s request in a letter sent May 26. “California…


NTD Evening News (May 25): Oath Keepers Leader Sentenced to 18 Years in Jan. 6 Case; SCOTUS Rules Against EPA in Wetlands Case

A U.S. judge on May 25 sentenced the founder of the Oath Keepers militia group to 18 years in prison for seditious conspiracy and other crimes related to the U.S. Capitol breach, after a defiant Stewart Rhodes stood before him and insisted he is a “political prisoner.” The House Judiciary Committee sent a letter to…


House Votes Against EPA Truck Emissions Rule, Setting Up Biden Veto

The House voted on May 23 to overturn the Biden administration’s rule on heavy-duty vehicles’ tailpipe emissions, the latest knock against the president’s environmental agenda in a closely divided Congress and the forerunner to an expected Biden veto. The short piece of legislation would roll back a rule submitted by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)…