Ranchers Sue Over New EPA Waterways Rule, Claiming Bureaucratic Overreach

Ranchers Sue Over New EPA Waterways Rule, Claiming Bureaucratic Overreach
A rancher walks through his ranch near Carlsbad, N.M. on March 21, 2000. Joe Raedle/Getty Images
Matthew Vadum
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New Mexico ranchers are suing the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) over its new Navigable Waters Protection Rule, which they say violates property rights even though it’s an improvement over the previous rule.

The move comes after the Supreme Court gave the EPA new power to regulate pollution that travels to navigable waters through groundwater, as The Epoch Times previously reported.