Amanda Reilly
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SUPREME COURT: 'Sparks will fly' — Kavanaugh faces off against senators
Hearings on Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh will likely produce a lot of fireworks but change few, if any, minds. → Read More
LAW: Trump blasts snitches, but they help nab polluters
The kind of snitching denounced by President Trump has helped crack key environmental cases, from wildlife smuggling and resource protection to corporate pollution. → Read More
CLEAN WATER RULE: Judge shifts legal brawl, revives WOTUS in 26 states
The Obama-era Clean Water Rule became the law in 26 states today as a federal judge in South Carolina issued a nationwide injunction on the Trump administration's delay of the regulation that defines what wetlands and waterways get federal protection. → Read More
SUPREME COURT: How Ginsburg's reversal of Kavanaugh saved 'huge' air rule
Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg's 2014 majority opinion reversing Judge Brett Kavanaugh in a major Clean Air Act case is drawing fresh scrutiny ahead of next month's scheduled Senate hearings on Kavanaugh's nomination to the Supreme Court. → Read More
LAW: Court losses pile up for EPA
Former EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt's legacy took another hit last week as a federal court ordered EPA to ban a heavily used farm chemical. → Read More
PESTICIDES: Court rebukes EPA, orders ban on farm chemical
In a major win for environmentalists, a federal court ordered EPA today to revoke all tolerances and cancel all registrations for the heavily used farm chemical chlorpyrifos. → Read More
SUPREME COURT: 'Brett Kavanaugh is the next Scott Pruitt' — Carper
Environmentalists and their allies in the Senate have launched a full-court press in an effort to defeat the Supreme Court nomination of Brett Kavanaugh. → Read More
LAW: Justice Kennedy expresses doubts about Chevron doctrine
Justice Anthony Kennedy today added his voice to a growing chorus in the judicial branch and among the legal community expressing worries over the so-called Chevron doctrine. → Read More
LAW: Congress learning to padlock courthouse door
The high-ranking lawmaker who wants to block judicial review of a massive California water project calls his maneuver something close to standard operating procedure. And he's right. → Read More
EPA: Pesticide company’s penalty: From a proposed $4.8M to $150K
A settlement agreement between U.S. EPA and Syngenta Seeds LLC to resolve violations of pesticide regulations at a Hawaii farm includes a civil penalty that's significantly lower than what the Obama administration had sought. → Read More
CLEAN WATER RULE: Supreme Court says litigation belongs in district court
In a blow for the Trump administration, the Supreme Court today sent a key case over the scope of the Clean Water Act to federal district courts. → Read More
SUPREME COURT: Justices wade into water wars next week
The Supreme Court next week is poised to wade into two major cases that in part test the role of the federal government in disputes among states over water rights. → Read More
SOLAR: Supreme Court to weigh in on rooftop installation fees
The Supreme Court today agreed to hear a wonky but important legal dispute between an Arizona municipal power company and SolarCity Corp. over installation fees for rooftop solar. → Read More
AIR POLLUTION: Judges scoff as EPA requests more time for rule due in 2000
Federal judges today slammed U.S. EPA for foot-dragging on air standards for brick and tile manufacturers that are already nearly 20 years behind schedule. → Read More
EPA: Union slams Pruitt's 'deeply troubling' legal directive
A U.S. EPA employees union expressed "deep concerns" to Administrator Scott Pruitt about his effort to curb the so-called sue-and-settle phenomenon in a letter to the agency chief obtained by E&E News. → Read More
SUPREME COURT: Gorsuch takes swipe at Chevron doctrine
Justice Neil Gorsuch's skepticism over the deference courts should give federal agencies is already showing in his brief time on the Supreme Court bench. → Read More
SUPREME COURT: Justices tee up arguments in water wars, rebuff Blankenship
The Supreme Court today said it will hold oral arguments in two major battles among states over water rights. → Read More
CLEAN WATER RULE: WOTUS battle heads to the Supreme Court
The Supreme Court this week will wade into a legal dispute that could have big consequences for the Trump administration as it attempts to repeal and replace the Obama-era Clean Water Rule. → Read More
SUPREME COURT: Justices wade into water rule, show interest in Va. mining
The Supreme Court today asked for the Trump administration's views on Virginia's moratorium on uranium mining, a sign that justices are interested in a mining company's plea to overturn the ban. → Read More
EPA: Experts vexed by Pruitt bid to cut DOJ's Superfund pay
A Trump administration plan to zero out U.S. EPA funding that goes to the Justice Department for litigating Superfund cases puzzled many experts in environmental policy. → Read More