.S. Senator Rand Paul (R-KY) joined U.S. Senator John Thune (R-S.D.) and the entire Senate Republican Conference in urging the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) to suspend the pending rulemaking to redefine the scope of waters protected under the Clean Water Act (CWA), specifically “waters of the United … Continue reading Rand Paul Joins Sen. Thune and the entire Senate Republican Conference in Fight to Stop Resurrection of Biden-Obama WOTUS Overreach
Category: Environment
This week, House Committee on Natural Resources Ranking Member Bruce Westerman (R-Ark.) led a letter signed by members of the House Committee on Natural Resources to Department of the Interior (DOI) Secretary Deb Haaland urging DOI to consider the impacts of current international crises on mineral supply chains as it develops the upcoming 2022 Final … Continue reading Republicans Urge Interior to Consider Military Tensions, Reassess Critical Minerals List
U.S. Senator John Barrasso (R-WY), ranking member of the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources (ENR), sent a letter to U.S. Senate Banking Committee Chairman Sherrod Brown (D-OH) and Ranking Member Pat Toomey (R-PA) voicing his opposition to the nomination of Ms. Sarah Bloom Raskin to be vice chair of supervision at the Federal … Continue reading Biden Federal Reserve Nominee’s Extreme Views Will Starve the American Energy Sector
Senator Lummis joined her Republican colleagues in a letter to Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Michael Reagan to reconsider its proposed blanket denial of small refinery exemptions (SRE) under the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) program. “We are puzzled by the action EPA took in these proposals, including the unprecedented and drastic step to propose a … Continue reading Senators urge the Environmental Protection Agency to reconsider denial of Small Refinery Exemptions
U.S. Senator John Barrasso (R-WY), ranking member of the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources (ENR), along with Senator Mike Lee (R-UT), ranking member of the ENR Subcommittee on Public Lands, Forests, and Mining, sent a letter to Secretary of the Interior, Deb Haaland, opposing the United States Geological Survey’s (USGS) recent proposal to remove helium … Continue reading Energy Committee Leaders to Secretary Haaland: Helium & Uranium are Critical Minerals
House Committee on Natural Resources Ranking Member Bruce Westerman (R-Ark.) sent a letter to Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Director Tracy Stone-Manning and U.S. Department of the Interior Departmental Ethics Office Director Heather Gottry, expressing concern over Stone-Manning's compliance with ethical standards. In part, the ranking member wrote: "Ms. Stone-Manning's known position on issues she is now … Continue reading House leader demands answers on Biden BLM director ethics issues
The U.S. Department of the Interior (DOI) announced its decision to cancel federal leases held by Twin Metals Minnesota. House Committee on Natural Resources Ranking Member Bruce Westerman (R-Ark.) and Energy and Mineral Resources Subcommittee Ranking Member Peter Stauber (R-Minn.) issued the following statements in response: "Today’s decision by the Department of the Interior to … Continue reading Congressional leaders blast Biden’s disastrous mine leasing decision
House Committee on Natural Resources Ranking Member Bruce Westerman (R-Ark.) sent a letter to U.S. Department of the Interior (DOI) Inspector General Mark Greenblatt, requesting the Office of Inspector General (OIG) audit DOI's Departmental Ethics Office (DEO) citing concerns that DOI is failing to meet federal ethics requirements. In part, the ranking member wrote: "Despite … Continue reading Westerman Calls for Audit of Interior’s Departmental Ethics Office
The Supreme Court of the United States announced today that it will hear the case of an Idaho couple who have been in a 15-year battle with the federal government over plans to build a home on their residential lot. As Chantell and Mike Sackett began construction on what they hoped would be a new … Continue reading Supreme Court will review EPA’s navigable waters overreach
President Joe Biden plans to meet with the CEOs of General Motors and Ford to discuss proposals to subsidize electric vehicle purchases that were included in the Biden Administration’s legislative proposals, according to reports. CEI Senior Fellow Ben Lieberman pointed out that EV subsidies benefit wealthier Americans: “President Biden’s meeting with the CEOs of GM … Continue reading Biden pushes electric car welfare for the wealthy
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