WINNING!!!
Finally!
EPA has done more harm than any other agency. Jobs and industry have been decimated by their pseudo-scientific rulings.
Unilaterally disarming does nothing. The next time a DemonRat President is elected this directive is one of the first things that will be revoked.
Often enough, the agency solicited the lawsuits in the first place. Another version is for the Government, California is the most prolific example, solicits a suit then refuses to defend eliciting an automatic judgment against the government and laws are "overturned." It is great for nullifying referenda passed by large margins.
Next, get the courts to vacate the rigged rulings, sanction and disbar the attorneys.
Every State has their own version, abolish the EPA. It was created by Executive Order and can be abolished the same way.
But won’t this hurt morale......... :)
This was not just limited to the EPA. As a practice, it needs to be outlawed by congress. The basic law would be simple, that federal agencies cannot settle in the courts with questions involving public policy, with a change in public policy, unless congress passes a resolution to permit such settlement.
It must also clearly state within the law that judicial decisions against agency policy can neither reduce nor increase regulation by that agency, or expenditures by that agency without congressional approval.
This also means that such organizations cannot get backdoor subsidies from federal agencies that throw the cases, unless specifically approved by congress.
WINNING!!! Reverse the new regulations against wood heaters! Catalytic “combustors” will make wood stoves far more expensive and less efficient—not more efficient.