Ann Carlson May 19, 2025 Why You Should Care That Congress Might Use the CRA to Overturn California Waivers Here are at least six reasons
Dan Farber May 19, 2025 Trump’s Self-Defeating NEPA “Reforms” Rather than streamlining the process, Trump is gumming up the works.
Jonathan Zasloff May 16, 2025 Trump’s War on Cities The Administration is devoted to destroying urban life: that puts it with many of history’s worst regimes
Evan George May 14, 2025 Is Brazil Ready for COP30? No One Is Ready for COP30 The Drain is a weekly roundup of climate and environmental news from Legal Planet.
Dan Farber May 14, 2025 No, DOE, You Can’t Roll Back Product Efficiency Standards Congress wanted greater energy efficiency over time and banned rollbacks.
Jim Salzman May 13, 2025 The $133 Million Bat Tunnel Here’s what permitting reform in the United Kingdom can teach the United States about building and abundance.
Dan Farber May 12, 2025 EPA Steps Through the Looking Glass You can’t accuse EPA of hiding the ball. It has announced its new mission: promoting fossil fuels.
Jonathan Zasloff May 9, 2025 Worthwhile Canadian Initiative! Really! McGill University’s Sustainability Academic Network provides a useful — and potentially crucial — new platform.
Cara Horowitz May 8, 2025 DOJ vs. C&T What Trump’s new lawsuits against two states may mean for California’s cap-and-trade program.
Ruthie Lazenby May 8, 2025 Coastal Act Requires Strict Protection from Harmful Seawalls Students with UCLA’s Frank G. Wells Environmental Law Clinic are giving testimony before the California Coastal Commission on a critical issue.
Ted Parson April 30, 2025 The Politics of Geoengineering Are Getting Stranger Of all the pollution threats out there, why are state lawmakers and U.S. EPA targeting solar geoengineering?
Ann Carlson May 1, 2025 The Chutzpah is Stunning The Trump Administration is suing to block state climate lawsuits based on Clean Air Act Preemption.
Ann Carlson May 19, 2025 Why You Should Care That Congress Might Use the CRA to Overturn California Waivers Here are at least six reasons
Jim Salzman May 13, 2025 The $133 Million Bat Tunnel Here’s what permitting reform in the United Kingdom can teach the United States about building and abundance.
Jonathan Zasloff May 9, 2025 Worthwhile Canadian Initiative! Really! McGill University’s Sustainability Academic Network provides a useful — and potentially crucial — new platform.
Cara Horowitz May 8, 2025 DOJ vs. C&T What Trump’s new lawsuits against two states may mean for California’s cap-and-trade program.
Sharon Jacobs May 7, 2025 Defunding the Energy Transition The President Proposes Deep Cuts to Climate and Clean Energy Spending for FY 2026
Denise Grab May 7, 2025 California Lawmakers Vote on Energy Affordability Soon Senate Bill 254 is the most ambitious energy affordability legislation proposed in recent years.
Eric Biber May 6, 2025 Permitting Reform as Policy Stability Compromise Congressional legislation could dampen the swings of Presidential regulatory policy
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