by Editor | Apr 12, 2014 | EPA, Water Issues
Fox News Posted 4/11/2014 More than a dozen Republican lawmakers are pushing the Environmental Protection Agency to reconsider asserting regulatory authority over streams and wetlands amid intense backlash from farm groups over the agency’s proposed water rule. ...
by Editor | Apr 11, 2014 | 1st Amendment
Editorial By JOHN L. SMITHLAS VEGAS REVIEW-JOURNAL I pulled the Subaru past the orange temporary fencing next to a trash-strewn Interstate 15 overpass Saturday morning and into a government-issued “First Amendment Area.” You know, just to get a sense of what such a...
by Editor | Apr 11, 2014 | Life and Liberty
by Rob Nikolewski │ New Mexico Watchdog SANTA FE — In late February, four federal agents carrying side arms with a drug-sniffing dog descended on the Taos Ski Valley in what was called a “saturation patrol.” Authorities were working on tips of possible drug...
by Editor | Apr 11, 2014 | EPA
Posted 3/25/2014Pacific Legal Foundation As I explained in yesterday’s post (see below), the Supreme Court let stand an unfortunate decision by the D.C. Court of Appeals that allows the EPA to amend or revoke a section 404, Clean Water Act discharge permit, at will. ...
by Editor | Apr 11, 2014 | EPA, War on the West, Water Issues
Fox News Posted 4/11/2014 In what critics are describing as a government land grab, the Environmental Protection Agency proposed a change Tuesday to the Clean Water Act that would give it regulatory authority over temporary wetlands and waterways. The proposal...