On March 3, New York Gov. Kathy Hochul signed the strongest environmental justice (EJ) law in the United States. While federal guidelines and the laws of some other states—notably California, ...

The author states "In 2024, New York State enacted several laws aimed either at dealing with the adverse impacts of climate change such as extreme heat and increasingly severe and frequent storms or ...

An examination of National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) requirements for upstream and midstream oil and gas development ...

California’s bedrock environmental law has helped protect residents, wildlife and natural resources from pollution and other negative effects of development countless times since then-Gov. Ronald ...

(Rich Pedroncelli/AP Photo) After weeks of tense negotiations with California lawmakers, Gov. Gavin Newsom on Monday signed legislation that promises to make big changes to the state’s landmark ...

Construction of a bridge over Connecticut Avenue for the Purple Line in Washington, D.C.’s Maryland suburbs. Homeowners invoked environmental law to challenge the 16-mile light rail project, which is ...

New for the 2023-24 academic year, Suffolk University Law School will offer a full-year clinic program for environmental policy and casework. The Environmental Law & Policy Clinic will have seminar ...

California lawmakers have approved two new bills that are expected to lead to a significant overhaul of the state’s landmark environmental protection law and jump-start the stagnated housing market ...

This press release was updated on 7 December 2023 to include the final compromise text. The Council presidency and European Parliament negotiators today reached a provisional agreement on a proposed ...