Clean Air Act Environmental Protection Law 
Legal Planet
MARCH 28, 2025
Why might we have an environmental review statute such as NEPA when we already have a range of other environmental protection statutes such as the Clean Air Act, the Clean Water Act, and more? In many cases, our existing environmental laws do a poor job of addressing cumulative impacts.
PA Environment Daily
MAY 21, 2025
On May 19, the EPA Alumni Association wrote the following letter as an Open Letter to current US Environmental Protection Administrator Lee Zeldin and Members of Congress on recent actions to significantly cut EPAs staff and budget-- Last month, Administrator Lee Zeldin of the U.S. Submitted by James M.
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Law Columbia
MAY 30, 2025
Last Thursday, May 22, the New York State Court of Appeals the States highest court issued a decision upholding New York Citys Local Law 97 of 2019. Local Law 97 is one of the countrys most ambitious municipal climate policies, requiring the Citys largest buildings to comply with increasingly stringent greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions limits.
PA Environment Daily
NOVEMBER 25, 2024
On November 21, the Department of Environmental Protection announced it has determined , in response to a rulemaking petition, the state Environmental Quality Board has the statutory authority to adopt a regulation setting more protective setbacks from shale gas wells for homes, schools and streams in its initial petition review.
Vermont Law
NOVEMBER 27, 2024
Railroading State Environmental Law: The Surface Transportation Board Preempts All By Benjamin Albertson The Surface Transportation Board (“STB”) has exclusive authority over railroads in the United States and has since the Interstate Commerce Commission Termination Act of 1995 (“ICCTA”).
National Law Center
JULY 29, 2025
Additionally, the Supreme Court found that when considering whether an agency’s NEPA report complies with the law, reviewing courts should grant “substantial deference” to the agency. National Environmental Policy Act NEPA was signed into law on January 1, 1970.
National Law Center
AUGUST 12, 2025
FIFRA is the primary federal law regulating pesticide use in the United States. The ESA is one of the main wildlife protection laws in the United States. For more information on pesticides from the National Agricultural Law Center, click here. More information on the FIFRA registration process is available here.
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