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Happy 50th Anniversary, Federal Clean Water Act

One of America’s Foundational Environmental Laws Has Proven Transformational, But Requires Updating a Half-Century Later

The Clean Water Act (CWA), one of the nation’s most important environmental laws, is 50 years old today. It’s proven to be one of the most successful of America’s bedrock federal environmental statutes. But the CWA is far from perfect, needs some important updating, and will probably never fully achieve the aspirational goals Congress proclaimed …

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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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Government Hires Shouldn’t Have to Take a MAGA Essay Test

Schedule F was bad, But Trump’s latest move is even worse.

Why Do Heat Pumps Have a Bad Rap? Lies

The Drain is a weekly roundup of environmental and climate news from Legal Planet.

(In?)sane With the Membrane

New developments in Deep Sea Desalination hold important promise for the freshwater crisis – and might require an amendment to Clarke’s Third Law.

The Most Important Law Most People Have Never Heard Of

Here’s how the APA bolsters the rule of law and protects the environment.

The California Legislature Halftime Report

In a year defined by affordability and climate crises, several bills aimed to alleviate pressures on both fronts are advancing in the Legislature.

Climate Lawsuits Now a Matter of Life and Death

The Drain is a weekly roundup of environmental and climate news from Legal Planet.

The Outcome of the Seven Counties Case

Court emphasizes agency discretion and judicial deference in NEPA.

It’s back.

Land sale provisions are back in reconciliation. And they are far worse than before.

A Midnight Public Land Sale?

Last-minute addition to House reconciliation bill proposes sale or exchange of hundreds of thousands of acres of public lands

Can Public Ownership Fix Our Electricity Woes? It’s Complicated

New UCLA report “Power Struggle: California’s Electric Utility Ownership Dilemma” by Sylvie Ashford, Mohit Chhabra, and Ruthie Lazenby

President Richard Nixon

One of America’s Foundational Environmental Laws Has Proven Transformational, But Requires Updating a Half-Century Later

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

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

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Climate policy is changing rapidly. Stay in the loop with expert analysis via email Monday - Friday.

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Some people will stop listening if you talk about climate change. But there are other arguments.

Land sale provisions are back in reconciliation. And they are far worse than before.

New UCLA report “Power Struggle: California’s Electric Utility Ownership Dilemma” by Sylvie Ashford, Mohit Chhabra, and Ruthie Lazenby

The Drain is a weekly roundup of environmental and climate news from Legal Planet.

Trump has spared no effort to ensure that the government ignores the needs of vulnerable communities.

In This Moment, What Do We Say to Young People?

While investing in important adaptation and resilience measures, Proposition 4 does less to create new clean energy infrastructure investments

New developments in Deep Sea Desalination hold important promise for the freshwater crisis – and might require an amendment to Clarke’s Third Law.

In a year defined by affordability and climate crises, several bills aimed to alleviate pressures on both fronts are advancing in the Legislature.

Here’s how the APA bolsters the rule of law and protects the environment.

Schedule F was bad, But Trump’s latest move is even worse.

The Drain is a weekly roundup of environmental and climate news from Legal Planet.

New developments in Deep Sea Desalination hold important promise for the freshwater crisis – and might require an amendment to Clarke’s Third Law.

Here’s how the APA bolsters the rule of law and protects the environment.

In a year defined by affordability and climate crises, several bills aimed to alleviate pressures on both fronts are advancing in the Legislature.

The Drain is a weekly roundup of environmental and climate news from Legal Planet.

Court emphasizes agency discretion and judicial deference in NEPA.

Land sale provisions are back in reconciliation. And they are far worse than before.

Last-minute addition to House reconciliation bill proposes sale or exchange of hundreds of thousands of acres of public lands

New UCLA report “Power Struggle: California’s Electric Utility Ownership Dilemma” by Sylvie Ashford, Mohit Chhabra, and Ruthie Lazenby