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How States Can Defend Themselves Against Trump

States have a number of tools for protecting their own environments from the Feds.

Suppose the Trump Administration launches environmentally harmful projects in a state or wants to allow more pollution there than the state wants. Does the state have any possible recourse? The answer is yes, although states’s defenses have their limitations. There are a number of mechanisms states can use to defend their own environments, if not the …

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What’s in the final 2012 spending bill?

I’ve just finished plowing through H.R. 2055, the2012 Consolidated Appropriations Act, which was signed by President Obama last week. I was curious to see how many anti-environmental riders made it into the final bill. I haven’t seen much news coverage of the details of the final bill, and the White House offered no comment when …

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Senate 2022: Nevada.

A tight race between two low-key candidates.

U.C. Davis Law School to Host “Clean Water Act at 50” Conference

Interdisciplinary Event Will Assess Landmark Law’s Past, Assess Its Future

Addressing Livestock Methane in California

New CLEE/UCLA report identifies policy solutions to reduce emissions | Webinar Nov. 10

Cost-Benefit Analysis and Deep Uncertainty

How should agencies take into account “the things we know we don’t know”?

Where Are They Now?

Remember Trump’s appointees — Pruitt, Zinke, and the rest? Here’s where they went afterwards.

Senate 2022: Arizona

In a tight race, the incumbent faces a pro-drilling, pro-fracking, pro-nuclear advocate.

Animal Cruelty and Interstate Commerce

A sleeper Supreme Court case could impact state climate legislation.

Two Months from Election Day

Who will get control of the Senate? And why does that matter for the environment?

California’s Most Important Climate Bill You Haven’t Heard Of

Parking reform on Gov. Newsom’s desk could deliver major environmental & equity wins

Climate Policy: What’s Happening at the State Level?

Important developments in late summer, some impacting multiple states.

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States have a number of tools for protecting their own environments from the Feds.

TRENDING

A tight race between two low-key candidates.

Interdisciplinary Event Will Assess Landmark Law’s Past, Assess Its Future

New CLEE/UCLA report identifies policy solutions to reduce emissions | Webinar Nov. 10

How should agencies take into account “the things we know we don’t know”?

Remember Trump’s appointees — Pruitt, Zinke, and the rest? Here’s where they went afterwards.

In a tight race, the incumbent faces a pro-drilling, pro-fracking, pro-nuclear advocate.

A sleeper Supreme Court case could impact state climate legislation.

Who will get control of the Senate? And why does that matter for the environment?

Parking reform on Gov. Newsom’s desk could deliver major environmental & equity wins

Important developments in late summer, some impacting multiple states.

“Job-killing regulation”? That’s not really what the evidence tells us.

Who will get control of the Senate? And why does that matter for the environment?

A sleeper Supreme Court case could impact state climate legislation.

Remember Trump’s appointees — Pruitt, Zinke, and the rest? Here’s where they went afterwards.

Interdisciplinary Event Will Assess Landmark Law’s Past, Assess Its Future