Army Corps of Engineers

Alaska’s Pebble Mine no threat to salmon

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (Corps), reversed an Obama-era finding, and concluded that the project “would not be expected to have a measurable effect on fish numbers” in the Bristol Bay watershed.

By CFACT Ed, Bonner Cohen, Ph. D. |2020-07-27T09:12:51-04:00July 27th, 2020|Comments Off

EPA “finally” finalizes WOTUS repeal

The Obama administration’s WOTUS rule was that it broadened the scope of federal control so much that even ditches that happened to fill with water could fall under the government’s “navigable waters” scope of authority.

By CFACT Ed, Adam Houser |2019-09-16T15:12:18-04:00September 16th, 2019|Comments Off

Foot-dragging state regulators imperil energy infrastructure

When we stand in our own way, we fall behind, to the delight of global rivals eager to take advantage of our self-inflicted wounds.

By Bonner Cohen, Ph. D. |2018-05-07T21:37:37-04:00May 7th, 2018|Comments Off

The agency that contaminated the Animas River is about to start regulating water that may be in your backyard

Unless a federal judge issues a preliminary injunction, the definition of the “Waters of the U.S.” will change on August 28—giving the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) the authority to regulate the water in your backyard (even the water that might be in your backyard due to a heavy rain). Even, according to West Virginia Attorney General Patrick Morrisey: “any area where agencies believe water may flow once every 100 years.” Thirty-one states, in four districts, have filed motions with the federal courts to block the EPA and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (ACOE) from beginning to enforce the new “Waters [...]

By Marita Noon |2015-08-17T14:58:13-04:00August 17th, 2015|9 Comments