Guest contributor Justin Pidot writes that BAAJA would end judicial review of most NEPA claims — but it sure is hard to ...

There’s a lot to ponder in the permitting reform bill before the Senate.  I’ve tried to work through what I think the important issues are in Titles I through IV of the bill (which focus on ...

If I let you write the substance and you let me write the procedure, I’ll screw you every time.”  Former US Rep. Dingell In the prior post I criticized some of the positions of environmental groups in ...

Trump is now trying (again) to yank the permit for a $5 billion offshore wind project that's already in operation.

The permitting reform bill now being considered in the Senate has provoked fairly vicious fights between “abundance” advocates and at least some environmental groups.  I think that there are valid ...

FDA's proposed new rule for food additive has some reasonable provisions but also one that could expand use of toxic ...

Concerns about passing 1.5C and ‘global dimming’ are driving attention to the prospect of large-scale interventions in Earth ...

I’ve already written some about the Senate permtting reform bill, including the provisions on NEPA remedies.  In the next few posts I’m going to take deep dives on Titles I through IV of the bill, ...

The most important component of the changes to the Clean Water Act is Section 1202, which changes the Section 401 certification process. In essence, the bill seeks to narrow the scope of 401 ...

The permit certainty provision in the permitting reform bill appears to (inadvertently) change the basic standard for enforcement of most federal law I’ve flagged an additional issues from the permit ...

I’ve written a bunch about the Senate’s permitting reform bill. My basic takeaway is that I want this bill to pass, but that there are some serious flaws in the bill, particularly in the permit ...