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Republicans vow to attack federal climate change efforts

The New York Times reports that senior Republicans are saying they will aggressively attack our administration’s environmental and climate change initiatives if their party wins a majority in the House of Representatives. EPA will be on the defensive, using its resources to defend against these attacks rather than move forward with regulatory initiatives that both …

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Climate bill has votes to get through key House panel, says Waxman

Breaking news: Greenwire (via the New York Times) and Grist.com are reporting that Rep. Henry Waxman said tonight he “believe[s] we’ll have the votes for passage” to move his climate bill through the House Energy and Commerce Committee. (The Houston Chronicle is reporting that Rep. Waxman “expects” to have sufficient votes but takes a tone of skepticism.) Waxman …

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Bill that would have designated over 2 million new acres of wilderness defeated in House – gun politics to blame?

Today, the Omnibus Public Land Management Act (S. 22), an important land preservation and management bill, was defeated in the U.S. House of Representatives, despite bipartisan support. The bill would have protected over 2 million acres of wilderness in nine states, enlarged the boundaries of several national parks, and authorized land swaps that would have helped …

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NEPA and Loper Deference (Part II)

Guest contributor Justin Pidot outlines what losing CEQ’s NEPA authority means for interagency coordination and efficiency.

New This Thanksgiving: Toxic Turkey

Losing the farm to PFAS, or losing PFAS on the farm?

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Clean air. Clean water. We receive these public goods every day without payment, as gifts from everyone to all of us.

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Does the IRA have staying power?

How to expand climate policy to new places and new sectors

Escalating Legal Attacks on California’s Longstanding Clean Air Act “Waiver” Authority

Feedback effects can lock in decarbonization policies, for better and for worse

CLEE’s Global Forum for Sustainable Batteries releases a 2040 Sustainable Battery Vision

If you read Legal Planet, you know the work of the environmental law centers at Berkeley and UCLA is critical. Now is the time to support it.

Neither carbon pricing nor a mass climate movement can drive effective climate policy on their own

Guest contributor Justin Pidot outlines what losing CEQ’s NEPA authority means for interagency coordination and efficiency.

Losing the farm to PFAS, or losing PFAS on the farm?

Effective climate policy requires consideration of efficiency, equity, technological innovation, carbon reductions and political feasibility

The election was largely a disaster. But we’ve also seen some positive developments.

Slower, less certain, and less equitable–with a new focus on local leadership

More than 500 Rights of Nature laws and policies have been passed globally. Here’s how to make sense of this nascent movement — or movements.

The doctrine has been hailed by conservatives. But it may come back to bite them.

Expect a lot of the same, but there could be some new twists.

Some thoughts about how the Court should define some limits on indirect effects.

New tools to help local governments plan for equitable and effective investments