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The Daily Signal reports on Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) news with analysis and commentary on regulations, lawsuits, and policy challenges.
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Supreme Court Ruling Makes Waves for Biden’s EPA
In a landmark, unanimous decision last week, the Supreme Court pushed back against the Biden administration’s regulatory overreach by returning the Clean Water Act to its original purpose and restoring federalism. In 2004, Chantell and Mike Sackett had just begun backfilling on their land in Priest Lake, Idaho, when the Environmental Protection Agency ordered the… -
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Heritage Foundation Appeals to Force EPA Disclosures in East Palestine Train Derailment
The Heritage Foundation’s Oversight Project has appealed a court ruling siding with the Environmental Protection Agency in its refusal to disclose information about the toxic train derailment in East Palestine, Ohio. The Feb. 3 train derailment gained significant national media coverage for the Ohio town of 4,700, as well as a visit from former President… -
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DOJ, EPA Sue Norfolk Southern Railroad Over East Palestine Train Derailment
The Justice Department filed a lawsuit Friday against Norfolk Southern Corp., owner of the 50-car train that derailed almost two months ago in East Palestine, Ohio. The complaint in U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Ohio, filed on behalf of the Environmental Protection Agency, seeks penalties for what it says was the unlawful…