Legal Planet
FEBRUARY 28, 2025
The Supreme Court tends to get all the attention, but for every Supreme Court opinion on environmental law there are probably fifty opinions in the lower federal courts. Collectively, the lower courts have done fat least as much to shape the law than the Supreme Courts occasional interventions. Any top ten list is a bit arbitrary.
Legal Planet
MARCH 31, 2025
(Klamath River Dam removal project [credit: Los Angeles Times]) Most of the environmental law and policy matters discussed on Legal Planet–especially over the past few months–have dealt with natural resource crises, environmental rollbacks, hostile political actors and actions in Washington, D.C., Davis law school).
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Legal Planet
JUNE 27, 2024
In choosing the top environmental laws, I wanted to focus on those with the largest impacts on the environment, not just those that are most important to environmental lawyers or best known. I included all laws passed in the U.S., not just federal regulatory laws, and some of my selections may not be what you expected.
Legal Planet
OCTOBER 11, 2023
The California Legislature has enacted and Governor Gavin Newsom recently signed into law SB 389 , an important water law reform measure authored by State Senator Ben Allen. SB 389 is part of a broader initiative by the Legislature–and public interest groups–to reform and update California’s water laws.
Circle of Blue
NOVEMBER 10, 2022
On November 8, 2022, voters there approved an amendment to the city charter to include a right to clean water. By Brett Walton, Circle of Blue – November 10, 2022. Before the amendment takes effect, the Legislature must pass laws that define eligible projects. Sunrise in Titusville, Florida.
Circle of Blue
JANUARY 24, 2022
Activists say that the federal Environment Agency is not doing enough to stop illegal dumps, and that current laws are not strict enough. The post What’s Up With Water -January 24, 2022 appeared first on Circle of Blue. An analysis by the BBC found that seven water companies dumped raw sewage into U.K.
Legal Planet
SEPTEMBER 25, 2024
Prior to that decision, oil industry plaintiffs had already sued Los Angeles’ oil production phase-out ordinance; in early September, Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Kin held that ordinance was preempted by state law as well. Coalition, Communities for a Better Environment, and others who have advocated for tighter restrictions on drilling.
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