Senator Roger Marshall (R-KS) returns to the podcast since his first fall 2020 appearance and briefs listeners on the latest Biden overreach across ag, conservation, energy, and property rights.
As a result of the Sackett decision, several types of waters will no longer be under federal jurisdiction, including an estimated 1.2 million to 4.9 million miles of ephemeral streams.
They aim to skip public comment and have a revised WOTUS rule by late September.
Senator Daines rejoins the podcast to update listen about his hunting season, surviving Twitter purgatory for posting a hunting picture, and trending conservation bills in Congress. Tune in!
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).
"Navigable" waters of the United States means more than just ponds and puddles!
"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.”
Gabriella discusses the Biden administration creating two new national monuments and their WOTUS rule being invalidated in two states.
Can the feds' puddle power grab be stopped in court?
In Sackett v. EPA arguments will be heard in October, and a ruling is expected early next year.
Ironically, this latest effort to reimpose the heavy hand of the administrative regulatory state on rural America comes when the Supreme Court has agreed to hear the Sackett case which could render the entire issue moot.
Mandy Gunasekara, veteran Republican climate & environment strategist & communicator, joins the podcast to discuss pressing issues of the day.
“RGGI describes itself as a regional market for carbon, but it is really a carbon tax that is fully passed on to ratepayers. It’s a bad deal for Virginians. It’s a bad deal for Virginia businesses. I promised to lower the cost of living in Virginia and this is just the beginning.” — Virginia Governor-elect Glenn Younkin In Episode 235 of District of Conservation, Gabriella discusses two news stories for listeners. One regarding incoming Virginia Governor Glenn Youngkin announcing his intent to withdraw the Commonwealth from the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI), the other about Biden's EPA revoking the Trump-era Navigable [...]
Handing a victory to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), the court determined that the couple’s land does contain wetlands and thus can be regulated by the agency under the CWA.Handing a victory to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), the court determined that the couple’s land does contain wetlands and thus can be regulated by the agency under the CWA.
Land near any muddy puddle or stream is not safe.