Legal Planet
JANUARY 3, 2024
As we begin 2024, it’s useful to identify and assess the many environmental issues that the U.S. It seems likely that the conservative majority of the justices will erode or, perhaps, dramatically jettison longstanding principles of environmental law and policy in the coming months. (I’ve Over the past four decades, U.S.
Legal Planet
NOVEMBER 6, 2023
A GOP trifecta in 2024 would put Trump in the White House with GOP control of Congress. This is an environmental blog, not a political one. For guidance, since I’m not a political expert, I’m relying on two respected political websites, Sabato and Cook. Trump’s criminal law troubles. The White House.
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Union of Concerned Scientists
JANUARY 29, 2024
As we head toward the November 2024 election, the rise of generative artificial intelligence has real potential to disrupt the 2024 elections through massive disinformation and disenfranchisement of voters. We see the danger in front of us, yet we have no meaningful laws to protect democracy.
Legal Planet
JANUARY 24, 2024
That would allow a Trump administration to exert far more influence over personnel at agencies like the Environmental Protection Agency than if they just placed the 4,000 political appointees that presidents usually get to install across government. The EPA now has a budgeted workforce of 15,115. climate goals. Download as PDF
Legal Planet
JANUARY 2, 2024
We will face some important forks in the road in 2024 in terms of environmental law. You probably don’t need reminding that 2024 is an election year. The 2024 map for the Senate strongly favors the Republicans, so observers generally expect Senate control to flip. Republicans have been sniping at the law ever since.
Union of Concerned Scientists
DECEMBER 4, 2023
Below I reflect on my predictions before venturing into the uncharted territory of 2024. There was a glimmer of hope in Hawaii, however, when a state Supreme Court ruling opened the door for a potentially historic trial against oil companies set for 2024. A Montana judge declared those state laws unconstitutional.
Union of Concerned Scientists
OCTOBER 18, 2023
Most election workers are probably like my late mother-in-law. Top victims of the Georgia attacks included Black women like my mother-in-law, most notably Ruby Freeman and her daughter, Wandrea ArShaye “Shaye” Moss. The situation deeply concerns Colorado Secretary of State Jena Griswold for the 2024 elections.
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