2022 Clean Water Act Politics Regulations 
Legal Planet
FEBRUARY 7, 2024
It is only when you look back at the history of federal wetland regulation that you realize just how radical and destructive this decision was. For instance, under the Court’s reasoning, a Reagan Administration regulation as a blatantly illegal environmentalist overreach. Here’s a timeline of the major events.
Circle of Blue
SEPTEMBER 22, 2022
Powerful Industry’s Torrent of Manure Overwhelms State Regulators Cause of Michigan’s worst water pollution is too much waste spread on too little land. September 22, 2022 . To a large extent the harmful algal blooms that foul Michigan’s waters and turn western Lake Erie into a toxic inland sea are the result of mismatches. .
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Legal Planet
SEPTEMBER 25, 2023
EPA , the Supreme Court used the “major question doctrine” to overturn Obama’s signature climate change regulation. The cases are split 3 to 3, with some courts applying the major question to regulations that were so minor I’d never heard of them. 4 th 359 (2022) (Supreme Court granted cert. In West Virginia v.
Circle of Blue
OCTOBER 25, 2021
Financial regulators say they need a better understanding of climate risks to the U.S. A federal district court strikes down Trump-era Clean Water Act rule related to state reviews. A top priority is preventing more of the chemicals from entering lands, waters, and bodies. financial system.
Legal Planet
MAY 16, 2024
Unless the Court moderates its views, future regulations will face tough sledding. The Clean Water Act requires that industrial sources reduce their discharges, but it left two big questions unanswered: Would EPA or the states set the pollution limits? 2587 (2022) (Chief Justice Roberts). Train, 420 U.S.
Circle of Blue
DECEMBER 1, 2022
Opposition to CAFOs Mounts Across the Nation Toxic manure discharges from large livestock operations is major source of water pollution. By Keith Schneider, Circle of Blue – December 1, 2022. It’s now being raised as a political issue. to issue new rules that limit discharges of CAFO wastes into waters.
Circle of Blue
JULY 11, 2022
By Laura Gersony, Circle of Blue — July 11, 2022. The decision leaves intact the EPA’s authority to regulate greenhouse gas emissions, and even allows it to regulate power plants on a case-by-case basis. water issues, many of which cut across state boundaries. America’s political landscape is more polarized than ever.
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