Posted on 03/21/2023 8:14:09 AM PDT by bitt
'This is an important victory protecting the people of Texas from destructive federal overreach,' Texas attorney general says
A federal judge blocked the Biden administration from implementing environmental regulations redefining how water sources are protected, but which opponents have argued were an example of overreach.
In his decision published late Sunday, Judge Jeffrey Brown ruled that the so-called Waters of the United States (WOTUS) rule announced by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) in late December "poses irreparable harm" to residents of Texas and Idaho, the two states that challenged the regulations in the lawsuit filed on Jan. 18. Brown declined to issue a nationwide injunction, but noted 25 other states have challenged the rule in two separate ongoing lawsuits.
While I continue to battle the rule in court, this preliminary injunction is a major blow to the Biden Administration’s radical environmental agenda," Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton said in a statement Monday. "The unlawful rule would have saddled Texans across the state with crushing new regulations, slowing our state’s economic development and limiting our job growth.
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Tired of “blows”....needs to be an axe...a BIG one!
Assumed office
September 4, 2019
Appointed by Donald Trump
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeff_Brown_(judge)
Elections have consequences
Ken Paxton has an exemplary record suing the government machine on behalf of Texans.
He is prime US Attorney General material. I would hate to lose him at the state level.
EC
Globull Warming will lead to no snow in the future. Try telling that to the people in Mammoth Mexifornia. 60 feet of snow, SO FAR. The sad fact is a lot of the liberals living there will believe the snow is because of Globull Warming.
i wish the SC would issue such a slap down to biden and the green energy lie
This is one of the most serious and frightening threats to landowners everywhere. It needs to somehow be smashed for good.
After a 2” rain last night my yard is standing water. The water runs off of my hill into the creek, into another creek and then into a river. Under the WOTUS rules and arbitrary condemnations of some EPA or Corps of Engineers wonk my yard could be deemed a wetland. As bad or worse has already happened.
SWEET!!!!
Ken Paxton is really kicking butt these days. He and many State AGs are absolutely reestablishing Federalism.
It’s GREAT!!!!
Water in a hoof print is consider navigable waters by the EPA.
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