Environment

NOAA proposes massively cruel offshore sonar survey

You would think that with all the uproar over whale deaths, NOAA and the offshore wind industry would be more careful about harassing huge numbers of marine mammals.

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David Wojick

|2023-06-05T09:34:53-04:00June 5th, 2023|Comments Off

EPA’s WOTUS scheme deep-sixed by Supreme Court

In one of the most consequential judicial decisions in recent memory, the Supreme Court significantly limited EPA's authority to regulate wetlands under the Clean Water Act (CWA).

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Bonner Cohen, Ph. D.

|2023-06-02T16:01:33-04:00June 2nd, 2023|Comments Off

Victory! Supreme Court reins in EPA on Waters of the United States — Read the full opinion

"Navigable" waters of the United States means more than just ponds and puddles!

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CFACT Ed

|2023-05-25T21:34:23-04:00May 25th, 2023|Comments Off

Biden’s environmental injustice

Federal agencies proclaim ‘climate justice’ to justify controlling every aspect of our lives

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Paul Driessen

|2023-05-24T09:13:12-04:00May 25th, 2023|Comments Off

Small fish could mean big trouble for Feds

A rule issued by the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) that would charge commercial herring vessels up to $700 a day to monitor catches has triggered a lawsuit that poses a direct threat to agencies’ discretionary power.

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Bonner Cohen, Ph. D.

|2023-05-13T19:21:19-04:00May 17th, 2023|Comments Off

Comments to EPA on the proposed mercury and air toxics (MATS) rule

Today’s proposal is on even shakier legal ground that the 2012 MATS rulemaking the Supreme Court struck down.

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Bonner Cohen, Ph. D.

|2024-01-26T15:11:18-05:00May 14th, 2023|Comments Off

CFACT to Feds: Wind turbine survey cuts off whale migration corridor

The Biden Administration is preparing to rush approval for the Atlantic Shores offshore wind project, which is located approximately 10-20 miles off the coast of New Jersey between Atlantic City and Barnegat Light, despite the risk it poses to marine mammals -- particularly the severely endangered right whale.

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Craig Rucker

|2023-05-02T10:34:48-04:00May 2nd, 2023|Comments Off

Earth Day 2023: Utterly bereft of ideas

The Earth Day beat goes on. Billions of people are little more than environmentally destructive mouths to feed, without moral standing and devoid of the ingenuity, intelligence, and inventiveness to solve problems.

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Benjamin Zycher

|2023-04-22T04:53:27-04:00April 22nd, 2023|Comments Off

Federal judge blocks Biden WOTUS rule in 24 states

"The volume of litigation that has generated from the Clean Water Act over the last decades from the federal district courts, the federal courts of appeals, and the Supreme Court of the United States reveals nothing but chaos and uncertainty.”

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Bonner Cohen, Ph. D.

|2023-04-18T19:19:41-04:00April 22nd, 2023|Comments Off

Childish beliefs drive lethal energy and agricultural agendas

The Biden Administration's environmental policies would destroy agriculture, habitats, products and nutrition.

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Paul Driessen

|2023-02-27T09:34:34-05:00February 27th, 2023|Comments Off

Wildlife populations are thriving

Despite what you may have heard.

By

Rob Gordon

|2023-02-18T12:39:39-05:00February 19th, 2023|Comments Off

“Vanishing habitats” exaggerated in “biodiversity push”

Biden's ’30 by 30′ land grab

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Rob Gordon

|2023-02-15T13:11:48-05:00February 17th, 2023|Comments Off

Ohio’s train derailment chemical disaster

On February 3rd, a Norfolk Southern train carrying hazardous industrial chemicals derailed in East Palestine, Ohio causing a severe environmental emergency.

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Craig Rucker

|2023-02-15T11:29:02-05:00February 15th, 2023|Comments Off

Biden Admin blocks mining project days after deal with child labor hotbeds for rare metals

BY ANTONIO CAMBRIA: On Thursday, the Biden administration announced it would prohibit mining in more than 200,000 acres of land from being mined for waterway protection, ignoring serious abuse abroad.

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CFACT Ed

|2023-01-31T15:14:24-05:00February 4th, 2023|Comments Off

Eighteen groups sue Biden Administration over new WOTUS rule

Can the feds' puddle power grab be stopped in court?

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Bonner Cohen, Ph. D.

|2023-01-31T11:49:41-05:00January 31st, 2023|Comments Off