The Imperious Presidency - Legal Planet
Trump's executive orders exude disdain for expertise, antagonism toward his opponents, and a relish for power.| Legal Planet
Environmental law is still relatively new and keeps changing all the time. After all, the field of environmental law didn’t really exist in the U.S. until pollution fears in the 1950s and ’60s spurred political activism. From 1970 to 1978, Congress passed more than a dozen of the most important environmental laws by overwhelming bipartisan majorities. … Continue reading "How We Teach Environmental Law is Changing"| Legal Planet
Trump's executive orders exude disdain for expertise, antagonism toward his opponents, and a relish for power.| Legal Planet
New Analysis: The Trump Administration’s proposed rollback of Biden’s standards for fossil fuel generators will cost American dearly.| Legal Planet
Dear 1L: It’s no secret that this is a dark time for people who care about the environment. All the more reason you'll be needed!| Legal Planet
Trump 2.0 is pushing alternative science: The Drain is a weekly roundup of environmental and climate news from Legal Planet.| Legal Planet
Polls show that Americans strongly favor renewable energy and moving to carbon neutrality. But, alas, it's not a priority issue for most.| Legal Planet
Trump has shifted from Project 2025 to the America First Agenda, the blueprint for his transition team. Turns out to be pretty much the same thing.| Legal Planet
Climate and energy are one of the big dividing lines in U.S. politics. The party platforms leave little doubt: one side cares about climate change, the other loves oil.| Legal Planet
Biden has taken a serious shot at fulfilling the climate promises in the 2020 Democratic platform, with outsized success in some areas.| Legal Planet
To see what would happen to federal climate policy under a government completely controlled by today's hard-right, just take a look at Florida and Texas.| Legal Planet
In about 12 years, renewable energy went from costing much more than fossil fuels to being cheaper in many cases. That makes a world of difference for climate policy.| Legal Planet
The D.C. Circuit refused to stay a major Biden climate rule. Since a very conservative judge joined the opinion, chances on appeal are good.| Legal Planet
Earlier this month, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit issued an order that likely ends one of the most closely-watched climate change lawsuits in recent American legal history: Juliana v. United States. The background of this litigation–which was filed in federal district court in Oregon in 2015–has been analyzed at length in … Continue reading "Ninth Circuit Short-Circuits Juliana v. U.S. Climate Change Lawsuit"| Legal Planet
Trump not only wants to roll back all federal climate policies; he also wants to ramp up fossil fuel production through the roof. A true climate arsonist.| Legal Planet
Trump would face major barriers in trying to repeal Biden's signature climate law. Repeal could be a major economic blow to Red States. But ideology often trumps policy in today's GOP.| Legal Planet
RFK Jr. has said climate change as a serious threat -- but he favors expanded use of natural gas and is dubious about the idea of EPA climate regulations.| Legal Planet
The Huffington Post reports that Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi is seeking a single, comprehensive energy bill that establishes a strategy for deriving energy independence and fighting climate c…| Legal Planet has moved!
Just back from a weekend conference where climate litigator Matthew Pawa gave a keynote address. He’s one of the lawyers who successfully defended California’s right to demand that aut…| Legal Planet has moved!
