Environmental Protection Agency

WMC Files in Support of Enbridge’s Pipeline

The WMC Litigation Center filed an amicus brief in federal court in support of Enbridge’s petroleum pipeline in northern Wisconsin. The brief was filed on…

WMC Files Lawsuit Against the DNR

The WMC Litigation Center filed an open records lawsuit against the DNR on behalf of WMC. In February 2021, WMC made an open records request…

WMC Files Brief Supporting Enbridge in Case Against Michigan Governor

WMC joined other chambers of commerce this week opposing Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer’s attempt to evade judgement from federal courts over her attempted shutdown of…

AG Kaul’s Climate Change Suit

On August 13, Wisconsin Attorney General Josh Kaul announced Wisconsin would join 22 states and 7 local governments suing the federal Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)…

Federal Judge in North Dakota clarifies that injunction against Waters of US rule limited to 13 states

U.S. District Judge Ralph Erickson clarified that the preliminary injunction he issued last week against the implementation of the Obama Administration’s Wasters of the…

EPA Releases Final Draft of Clean Power Plan

Last week the White House and Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) released the final version of the Clean Power Plan rule, which regulates carbon dioxide emissions,…

White House and EPA at odds with U.S. Army Corps of Engineers over new “Waters of the U.S.” rule

After months of the Obama Administration and EPA arguing the new Waters of the United States rule (for our earlier story on the rule click…

Michigan v. EPA: SCOTUS rules EPA must consider costs in initial decision to regulate.

Scalia, writing for the Court, stated that “[EPA] gave cost no thought at all, because it considered cost irrelevant to its initial decision to regulate,”…

EPA proposes new fuel efficiency standards for trucks

The Obama administration announced a new regulatory push last Friday (June 19th) on makers of heavy-duty trucks to increase fuel efficiency by up to 24…

U.S. Court of Appeals denies petition for writ of prohibition on EPA’s Proposed Clean Power Rule

In In Re Murray Energy Corp. Judge Kavanaugh wrote the majority opinion for the court which held that the petitioners’ petitions for review and petition…