The Trump administration late Wednesday tossed decades of environmental policy — laying the groundwork for an overhaul of how the federal government implements a bedrock environmental law. That law, ...

The Supreme Court on Thursday unanimously ruled to limit the scope of environmental review required under a seminal 1970s environmental protection law. The move brought a proposed 88-mile railroad ...

State officials are hoping to shrink the amount of time environmental review of housing projects takes from a year or more to just 30 days with a new set of regulations that Gov. Maura Healey called ...

WASHINGTON — The Biden administration is restoring federal regulations that require rigorous environmental review of major infrastructure projects such as highways, pipelines and oil wells — including ...

The Clean Water Act prohibits the discharge of pollutants into "waters of the United States" without a permit, but what are the boundaries of "waters of the United States"? This question has vexed ...

This story was originally published by Inside Climate News and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. The U.S. Supreme Court last week ruled in favor of a controversial Utah ...

Jonathan H. Adler is Professor of Law and Director of the Center for Business Law & Regulation at the Case Western Reserve University School of Law, where he teaches courses in environmental, ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration is restoring federal regulations that require rigorous environmental review of major infrastructure projects such as highways, pipelines and oil wells — ...

An infamous, decades-old environmental law in California is finally in for a revamping. On Monday, following the passage of the state budget, Gov. Gavin Newsom signed two bills that aim to change the ...

The Colorado Environmental Law Journal provides a forum for natural resources, energy, and environmental law and policy on local, regional, and global scales. Formerly known as the Colorado Journal of ...

California developers are celebrating the rollback of a landmark environmental law that they say will help clear the way for new housing in a state that has suffered a severe shortage for decades. Gov ...

Charles S. Warren, a partner at Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel, and Karen L. Mintzer, a special counsel at the firm, review revisions to the City Environmental Quality Review Technical Manual, ...