Federal Judge Stops Massive Federal Overreach–At Least For Now

BREAKING NEWS: Our friend, Julia (Bell) Slingsby, Press Secretary of the Committee on Natural Resources writes in response to a N.D. federal judge’s announcement  blocking implementation of the EPA’s Waters of the United States rule: “The Waters of the United States rule is unlawful and an abuse of executive power," she says.

"The judge’s decision to block the rule— which was challenged by 13 states – is encouraging, especially as EPA’s credibility has been questioned in the past month. The EPA needs to be stopped before it does more harm to our nation’s precious water resources.”

We also heard from Denny DeWitt of DeWitt & DeWitt, LLC, Government Relations Consulting in Juneau.  He reports, "The federal District Court of North Dakota granted the requested injunction against the WOTUS regulations that were to take effect tomorrow. The state of Alaska is one of 13 states in this case."

We would add our congratulations to the State of Alaska, its Attorney General, Governor Walker and all those who worked on this massive case of Federal Overreaching Authority.  
 
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Canadian Television by Lauren Krugel, CP.  CALGARY — Imperial Oil is hanging on to hope that its long-dormant plan to tap into natural gas fields in the Far North may eventually come to fruition.

The lead partner in the Mackenzie Gas Project has written to the National Energy Board seeking a seven-year extension to a sunset clause attached to federal regulatory approval granted in 2011.

The clause requires Imperial and its partners to break ground on the project by the end of this year. But that's not feasible in today's market environment, with natural gas prices about half what they were when the regulatory application was first filed in 2004.

The request was made in a letter to the NEB penned by Imperial (TSX:IMO) senior vice-president Bart Cahir. Attached is an updated project schedule that would see production begin in 2022 and wrap up in 2026.


 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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