What Does a Resilience Officer Do? These state officials are the next frontier of climate mitigation By Gabe Castro-Root November 13, 2024 In this story: climate adaptation, climate change, environmental law
The Supreme Court Overturns the Chevron Doctrine, Gutting Federal Environmental Protections Scrapping the legal precedent could send a "convulsive shock" to decades of federal environmental, financial, and health-care regulations By Jake Bittle and Zoya Teirstein June 28, 2024 In this story: Supreme Court, environmental law
Youths Win Landmark Settlement in Hawai'i That Enshrines “Life-Sustaining Climate Policy” Into Law The outcome of the case marks a major victory for young climate activists By Dana Drugmand June 22, 2024 In this story: climate change, environmental law
Supreme Court Hears Koch-Backed Cases Designed to Unleash Deregulatory Bonanza "Everything from the climate to consumer safety could be worse off thanks to this potential decision" By Jake Johnson January 19, 2024 In this story: environmental law, EPA
Rainforest Alliance and Hershey Sued for Falsely Claiming Fair Labor and Sustainability The class action lawsuit seeks to hold ecolabel certifiers accountable By Jessian Choy January 18, 2024 In this story: food and drink, environmental justice, labor, forests, environmental law
Celebrating America’s Greatest Wildlife Conservation Law A tribute to the Endangered Species Act on its 50th anniversary By Carl Safina December 11, 2023 In this story: endangered species, environmental law
Why One of the Nation’s Most Crucial Environmental Laws Is Being Modernized Environmental groups are cautiously optimistic about new NEPA rules By Lindsey Botts September 27, 2023 In this story: clean energy, environmental justice, environmental law
Youth Plaintiffs Notch a Victory in Landmark Climate Change Lawsuit Montana judge rules that young people have a constitutional right to a clean and healthy environment By Micah Drew August 15, 2023 In this story: climate change, environmental law
“We Hope to Make a Spark Here” A landmark climate change trial has just wrapped up in Montana. What happens next? By Micah Drew July 1, 2023 In this story: climate change, environmental law
How to Greenwash an Attack on a Major Environmental Law An effort to whittle down the National Environmental Protection Act isn’t new—but the arguments for doing so sure are By Osha Gray Davidson February 27, 2023 In this story: legislation, environmental law