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Commemorating the National Environmental Policy Act’s 50th Anniversary

Celebrating NEPA: America’s Most Transformative, Overarching & Catalytic Environmental Law

On a snowy New Year’s Day in 1970–50 years ago today–then-President Richard Nixon signed into law the National Environmental Policy Act. NEPA’s passage marked the beginning of America’s modern environmental law era. It was followed by Congressional passage of a series of other federal environmental laws over the next decade–major statutes that to this day …

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Commemorating a Major Environmental Disaster–One With a Transformative Legacy

1969 Santa Barbara Oil Spill Sparked the Beginning of America’s Modern Environmental Era

This week marks the 50th anniversary of one of the most serious and consequential environmental disasters in American history–the Santa Barbara offshore oil spill of 1969. On January 28, 1969, an offshore oil rig (Platform A) owned and operated by the Union Oil Company and operating in federally-controlled waters in the Santa Barbara Channel off …

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Senate 2022: Georgia

The environmentalist incumbent faces a tight race.

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

President Richard Nixon

Celebrating NEPA: America’s Most Transformative, Overarching & Catalytic Environmental Law

1969 Santa Barbara Oil Spill Sparked the Beginning of America’s Modern Environmental Era

TRENDING

The environmentalist incumbent faces a tight race.

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

“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