Gov. Gavin Newsom and state lawmakers scaled back a law that was vilified for its role in California’s housing shortage and ...

Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom pushed to roll back a 50-year-old law blamed for blocking development and reducing affordability ...

A discussion of the Clean Air Act (CAA), its amendments, and significant caselaw pertaining to clean air regulation in the US ...

Gov. Gavin Newsom and Democratic lawmakers are chipping away at the California Environmental Quality Act in the name of building more housing.

A new culture of secrecy in government is taking root — among career staffers and new political appointees alike.

SALEM, Ore. (KTVZ) -- Oregon Gov. Tina Kotek on Thursday signed into law Senate Bill 551, which will eliminate all bags made of plastic film at checkout at restaurants, grocery stores, and other ...

In many ways, this course is a reflection of the evolving nature of environmental law itself. We are no longer dealing with isolated acts of pollution or encroachment. We are dealing with ...

The Court in a significant judgment in Vanashakti v. Union of India struck down the practice of granting ex post facto environmental clearances (ECs), a system that allowed industries to start ...

California's CEQA environmental law has been used to block housing at the expense of the environment and climate it was designed to protect. Nonprofit & Nonpartisan News ... Photos and illustrations ...

The Southern Environmental Law Center, a nonprofit with an office in Georgia, is focused on issues like pollution and sustainability. “We focus on battling water pollution, working to promote a clean ...

The U.S. Supreme Court last week ruled in favor of a controversial Utah railway project that critics say erodes the National Environmental Policy Act, or NEPA, a bedrock of environmental law for ...