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2015-10-09 -Land of the Free

Sixth Circuit blocks EPA water rule nationwide

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Posted by DarthVader 2015-10-09 16:33|| || Front Page|| [8 views ] Top

#1 A federal court ruled Friday that President Obama’s regulation to protect small waterways from pollution cannot be enforced nationwide.

In a 2-1 ruling, the Cincinnati-based Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit delivered a stinging defeat to Obama’s most ambitious effort to keep streams and wetlands clean, saying it looks likely that the rule, dubbed “waters of the United States,” is illegal.

“We conclude that petitioners have demonstrated a substantial possibility of success on the merits of their claims,” the judges wrote in their decision, explaining that the Environmental Protection Agency’s new guidelines for determining whether water is subject to federal control — based mostly on the water’s distance and connection to larger water bodies — is “at odds” with a key Supreme Court ruling.

HA!!

Fuck you fascist turds in the EPA and in DC.

Posted by DarthVader 2015-10-09 16:35|| 2015-10-09 16:35|| Front Page Top

#2 But does this apply to water found on Pluto?

Posted by USN, Ret. 2015-10-09 17:03|| 2015-10-09 17:03|| Front Page Top

#3 Currently Pluto is outside the national borders of the United States so no. Wait until drones land on it.

I wouldn't be surprised if there was a push from the government to write regulations for Martian water.

Posted by DarthVader 2015-10-09 17:11|| 2015-10-09 17:11|| Front Page Top

#4 ...to Obama’s most ambitious effort to keep streams and wetlands clean,

Someone, um, carrying water for the Administration with that phrasing?

Posted by Raj 2015-10-09 17:51|| 2015-10-09 17:51|| Front Page Top

#5 That's the ticket. EPA to protect streams.

Posted by Sven the pelter 2015-10-09 19:32|| 2015-10-09 19:32|| Front Page Top

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