Biden’s Waters Rule Blocked in 24 More States by Federal Judge

A federal judge on Wednesday enjoined the EPA’s new waters and wetlands protection rule from being enforced in 24 states, issuing a preliminary injunction similar to a ruling in March blocking the rule in Texas and Idaho.

The Biden administration’s 2023 waters of the US, or WOTUS, rule that took effect March 20 is now enjoined in more than half the country. A Kentucky federal judge declined to issue an injunction against the rule there in a similar lawsuit in early April.

The 24 states led by West Virginia have “persuasively shown that the new 2023 Rule poses a threat ...