Today's News
The District Court of the District of Columbia had decided to revoke oil and gas leases in the Gulf of Mexico.
House Representatives have pushed a resolution that acknowledges the Equal Rights Amendment as the 28th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution.
The House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure will be holding a hearing on automated vehicles on February 2, 2022.
The Biden administration has revoked existing mineral leases for the Twin Metals mine in Minnesota.
House Representatives are sending letters to six cryptomining companies raising concerns over their extraordinarily high energy usage. Bitcoin mining alone has consumed as much energy in the past year as whole countries.
Today's News
The Treasury Department is planning on scaling back on Emergency Rental Assistance, in spite of the fact that less than two-thirds of the $46 billion of rental aid has been disbursed or allocated over a year after the program launched. (Source)
Apparently, there is currently a lawsuit, West Virginia v. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), that is challenging the EPA’s ability to regulate carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions under the Clean Air Act (CAA). (Source)
North Dakota's Attorney General Wayne Stenehjem has passed away. (Source)
Apparently, the Biden Administration has been flying illegal immigrants into the U.S. in the dead of night, on the taxpayers' dime, according to leaked video footage showing federal contractors flying illegal immigrants into New York. This has prompted U.S. Representative Ashley Hinson (R-IA, 1st) to introduce the "Stop the Betrayal Act", legislation that would prohibit taxpayer dollars from funding secret charter flights transporting illegal immigrants into the interior of the U.S..
