The latest lawsuit filed against the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency comes from a coalition of environmental, animal rights and citizen action groups who contend the federal government has failed to address air pollution from large-scale livestock farms. Seven environmental groups field suit in the District of Columbia, demanding the EPA respond within 90 days. The …
State Attorney General Scott Pruitt and 27 other attorneys general await a decision of a D-C Circuit Court of Appeals following a Tuesday hearing into their challenge of the Obama administration’s Clean Power Plan, one they call overreach by the Environmental Protection Agency. Pruitt was on hand for the hearing which could result in the …
When the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit holds its hearing Tuesday on the legal challenge of the EPA’s Clean Power Plan, all but one of the judges will be there. Supreme Court nominee Merrick Garland will miss the en banc review of the regulatory plan that has been challenged by Oklahoma and …
Oklahoma Attorney General Scott Pruitt will be paying close attention next week when a federal appeals court hears opening statements in the fight by the state and 27 others against the EPA’s Clean Power Plan. He is among those attorneys general who have sued the Environmental Protection Agency over the issue. Pruitt contends it infringes …
Oklahoma U.S. Sen. Jim Inhofe and other Republicans on the U.S. Senate Environment and Public Works Committee say the EPA and the Army Corps of Engineers are out of control when it comes to the Waters of the US Rule. Inhofe chairs the committee and released a Majority Committee report detailing how the Environmental Protection …
The State of Oklahoma launched its second round of attacks this week on the Environmental Protection Agency over its enforcement of the Clean Water Rule and the controversial WOTUS or Waters of the U.S. Rule. The State, along with business groups led by the U.S. Chamber of Commerce argued the Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals …
Oklahoma U.S. Sen. Jim Inhofe and 10 Republicans who sit on the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee he chairs want EPA director Gina McCarthy to turn over information about EPA litigation and regulatory actions planned for the remainder of the Obama Administration. In a letter sent Wednesday, the Senators charged the EPA with “exposing …
The abandoned Colorado gold mine that contaminated rivers in three states and drew the attention of Oklahoma U.S. Sen. Jim Inhofe is now on the Superfund list of the Environmental Protection Agency. The announcement was made this week by the EPA, the very agency blamed for causing the environmental disaster last year near Durango, Colorado. …
The Oklahoma Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) hereby announces an opportunity to comment on and request a public hearing on the Regional Haze Five Year Progress Report, a State Implementation Plan (SIP) revision. The hearing, if one is requested, will be held on Tuesday, September 6, 2016 from 9:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m. in the …
Put Oklahoma on the list of the states and groups that have sued the Environmental Protection Agency in a challenge of the agency’s new federal regulations for methane emissions at oil and natural gas locations. Attorney General Scott Pruitt joined the suits on Tuesday, claiming the EPA does not have the legal authority to create …
