A long-running court battle over a Hudson Valley power plant proved that citizens could stand up to corporate power An undated photo shows Storm King Mountain overlooking the Hudson River. Forty-three ...

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 ...

Long celebrated and derided, the California Environmental Quality Act is facing its strongest overhaul in generations. Buoyed by national criticism that the state can no longer build sufficient ...

California lawmakers passed legislation this week changing the state's landmark environmental law in an effort to lower barriers to affordable housing. We unpack the changes and their implications.

The Supreme Court will hear arguments Tuesday in a case that could reduce the scope of one of the nation’s bedrock environmental laws. The case deals with the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA), ...