Some U.S. Senators plan to put the Environmental Protection Agency in the spotlight again Tuesday by holding a subcommittee hearing on recommendations from the Inspector general and the Government Accountability Office. Sen. Mike Rounds (R-S.D.) will chair the Senate Environment and Public Works Subcommittee on Superfund, Waste Management and Regulatory Oversight on Tuesday at …
At least one electric cooperative serving some Midwestern states makes it clear, it doesn’t think the Environmental Protection Agency’s controversial Cean Power Plan is the way to go. And it’s almost as thought a government “catch 22” forced it to use coal to generate electricity. It’s what Michael McInness, CEO of Tri-State Generation and Transmission …
Oklahoma U.S. Sen. Jim Inhofe used a Senate Environment and Public Works Committee hearing Thursday to again condemn the Environmental Protection Agency’s Clean Power Plan, the one put on hold by the U.S. Supreme Court. “The stakes are high when it comes to the Power Plan,” said the Senator in his opening comment as Chairman …
A U.S. Senate subcommittee exploring the impact of unfunded mandates from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency was told this week by the chief of Oklahoma’s Quapaw tribe the mandates are a heavy legal burden. John Berrey testified before the Senate Environment and Public Works Subcommittee on Superfund, Waste Management and Regulatory Oversight. “We have a …
The State of Texas is about to legally challenge the methane gas emission rules handed down recently by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. The Texas Railroad Commission voted this week to ask Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton to file a Petition for Review. “These rules are just another assault from the Obama administration in its war …
Chevron USA is still fighting the Environmental Protection Agency, contending that the Federal government should pay some of the cleanup costs at the Superfund site that once was the company’s Questa Mine in northern New Mexico. The company made recent arguments to the U.S. 10th Circuit court of Appeals in Denver, hoping to revive its …
Oklahoma’s Quapaw tribal Chief John Berrey will be among five witnesses testifying Tuesday before a Subcommittee of the U.S. Senate Environment and Public Works Committee as it explores unfunded mandates of the Environmental Protection Agency. Chief Berrey will testify before the Subcommittee on Superfund, Waste Management and Regulatory Oversight as it holds a hearing …
The U.S. Senate Environment and Public Works Committee chaired by Oklahoma Sen. Jim Inhofe plans a hearing in the coming week exploring the implications of the U.S. Supreme Court stay on the EPA’s Clean Power Plan. The hearing will be held Thursday, June 9 at 8:30 a.m. Oklahoma time. The committee announcement said the purpose …
A Federal circuit court in Washington, D.C. has heard appeals of Texas and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency in a lawsuit filed by the State challenging the EPA’s mandated regional haze plan. It’s a plan that would force Texas to clean up its coal-fired power plants that send haze drifting into Oklahoma affecting the Wichita …
While legal arguments won’t be heard for a few more months on the Obama administration’s controversial Clean Power Plan from its Environmental Protection Agency, a U.S. House subcommittee chaired by Rep. Jim Bridenstine recently explored the plan. It was clear where Bridenstine, a Republican from Tulsa stood on the issue. “The Clean Power Plan does …
