Laws & Regulations

Indiana Chamber Rejects Pruitt Effort To Keep Coal-Fired Plants Online

"The leading business lobby group in Indiana on Monday rejected a plea from former U.S. Environmental Protection Agency chief Scott Pruitt to back legislation that would keep aging coal-fired power plants online because it would raise electricity rates for local businesses and homeowners.

Source: Reuters, 04/23/2019

"Michigan Governor Open To Allowing Great Lakes Oil Tunnel"

"Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer said Wednesday that she’s open to allowing construction of an oil transport tunnel beneath the channel where Lakes Huron and Michigan meet, despite previously halting work on a tunnel plan developed by her predecessor."

Source: AP, 04/22/2019

"Federal Judge Rules Flint Residents Can Sue the EPA"

"A lawsuit by Flint residents against the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency can move forward. U.S. District Court Judge Linda Parker ruled the plaintiffs can sue the EPA. Nearly 5,000 Flint residents are part of the lawsuit. It was filed in 2017. The lawsuit alleges the EPA failed to utilize its authority under the Safe Drinking Water Act."

Source: Michigan Radio, 04/22/2019

Anti-Abortion Christians Protest EPA Loosening Mercury Standards

"Anti-abortion Christians are among those protesting an Environmental Protection Agency proposal that would limit consideration of health benefits in regulating mercury and other toxic emissions from industrial sources like coal-burning power plants."

Source: Deseret News, 04/18/2019

"South Carolina Aims To Bar Offshore Drilling With Budget Proposal"

"South Carolina’s Republican-majority Senate advanced a measure on Wednesday that would require the state to block new infrastructure to transport or process offshore oil and gas as state lawmakers fear the Interior Department will open the Atlantic coast to offshore drilling."

Source: Reuters, 04/18/2019

District Sues To Halt Colorado River Drought Plan Over Salton Sea

"It's not over yet. The Imperial Irrigation District has sued to halt a sweeping Colorado River drought plan that was signed in to law by President Trump on Tuesday. Officials with the sprawling, sparsely populated rural water district in southeastern California say the Salton Sea was wrongly left out of the plan."

Source: Palm Springs Desert Sun, 04/18/2019

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