The Supreme Court heard oral arguments Tuesday on a case that could reshape a key environmental law and determine the future of an oil railway project in the west. The National Environmental Policy ...

The courtroom is quite full today as we near the end of the term. A key reason for that is this is the last day for in-person admissions to the Supreme Court Bar. The bar section is packed with groups ...

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 ...

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In the last two years, the Supreme Court has dismantled major climate and water protections. It’s gearing up to do more of the same in 2024. It’s been a year of legal whiplash for federal ...

An innovative environmental law teaching (EL-T) practicum created by a Boston College Law School faculty member was the subject of a discussion at the environmental law field’s most prominent event.

Gov. Kay Ivey has signed Senate Bill 71 into law, requiring Alabama’s environmental rules to be no more restrictive than ...

An appeal to be filed on their behalf by the Southern Environmental Law Center will argue that the new plant in Chesterfield County would not comply with either the state’s environmental justice or ...

Seeking environmental justice requires vast amounts of written law as well as armies of lawyers to make them fair and actionable. Two studies and a Perspective on litigation as a tool for achieving ...