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Hi Buzz, you make a fair point. The figure you're citing refers to a "forcing." If you add a forcing…

On These 3 Numbers Explain Earth System Interventions in 2026

I know you are speaking to a sophisticated audience, but I kept waiting for how the EEI translates into warming.…

On These 3 Numbers Explain Earth System Interventions in 2026

If NEPA is really only procedural, then why would it need to be amended to spell that out? I think…

On Unpacking the Senate Permitting Reform Bill: NEPA

With respect to how to compute damages, Kagan said that’s a remedy issue. But considering Boulder counsel admission that anyone…

On The Arguments We Did and Didn’t Hear in Suncor v. Boulder

Yeah ... it's just getting more appalling, what they are talking about. Are you sure you'd want a Republican admin…

On Our Powerful ‘Eye in the Sky’ Just Multiplied

I'm only a couple pages into the transcript. I have to say, I am not shocked or appalled. I feel…

On Our Powerful ‘Eye in the Sky’ Just Multiplied

Whoa Nelly. Pumpkin spice sunscreen??!! The mind boggles. I admire the CBD group and I also love gossip, so thanks…

On Our Powerful ‘Eye in the Sky’ Just Multiplied

Thank you for highlighting this case. I listened to the oral argument today and was surprised and disappointed that Earthjustice…

On The Other Big Environmental Case at the Supreme Court

So--what would be required to litigate this? Would it require a renewable energy producer to have sought a sale and…

On Would You Believe That, by Law, Renewables are a National Defense Priority?

Another example of Trump breaking the law - "Anything but renewables" opposite of their use to "greatest extent possible" -…

On Would You Believe That, by Law, Renewables are a National Defense Priority?

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A quick overview of the Senate permitting reform bill

Senate bill has major changes for NEPA, some changes for Clean Water Act

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NEPA Remedies Revisited

Guest contributor Justin Pidot writes that the permitting bill known as BAAJA would end judicial review of most NEPA claims — but it sure is hard to figure that out.

A Major Problem with “Permit Certainty”

The permit certainty provision in the permitting reform bill appears to (inadvertently) change the basic standard for enforcement of most federal law

These 3 Numbers Explain Earth System Interventions in 2026

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Unpacking the Senate Permitting Reform Bill: NEPA

NEPA provisions are substantial in their changes, but (mostly) leave the core of the Act in place

Opening Shots in a War on Doctors

What began as a war on science has now reached your kid’s doctor.

The Other Big Environmental Case at the Supreme Court

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The Arguments We Did and Didn’t Hear in Suncor v. Boulder

Oral arguments in the climate case before the Supreme Court gave hints to possible outcomes. But one of Boulder’s strong answers to the “tort suits are regulation” objection went unmade.