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Global sea levels rose more than expected in 2024, according to a recent scientific review conducted by researchers from the California Institute of Technology, University of Hawaii at Manoa, and the Spain and International Space Science Institute.
The iris is the part of the eye that controls how much light enters into it. In doing so, and through working with the other parts of the eye, it helps us to see and navigate the world around us.
In a series of separate Executive Orders, administrative memoranda, and Federal Register notices, the Trump Administration has substantially curtailed the role of public comment in federal governmental decisions. Public notice and comment have improved government decisions—not treating government agencies as smarter than the public. Exclusion of public comment from both environmental reviews and rulemaking will undermine this important value.
Governmental Actions and Project Decisions
Part 2: The Impending Battle Over the Endangerment Finding
By Bob Sussman
Bob Sussman was Deputy Administrator of EPA during 1993-1994 and Senior Policy Counsel to the Administrator during 2009-2013.
Climate Science on Trial
Part 1: The Purge of Climate from All Federal Programs
By Bob Sussman
Bob Sussman was Deputy Administrator of EPA during 1993-1994 and Senior Policy Counsel to the Administrator during 2009-2013.
In recent years, federal funding has played a significant role in the deployment of electric vehicle (EV) infrastructure across the United States. In November 2021, President Biden signed the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, launching a suite of climate and transportation initiatives aimed at reducing greenhouse gas emissions.
By Leah Fattor
Land Air Water, a student group at the University of Oregon School of Law, hosted the 43rd annual Public Interest Environmental Law Conference (PIELC) in Eugene, Oregon, from Friday, February 28 through Sunday, March 2, 2025. PIELC draws activists, advocates, attorneys, scientists, government officials, and concerned citizens together for the oldest and largest public interest environmental law conference in the world.
On January 21, President Trump signed an Executive Order revoking all prior executive orders that had served as the foundations for environmental justice (EJ) initiatives by the federal government.
By Mathy Stanislaus
Recent political attacks against diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) and environmental justice have extended far beyond those terms’ original meanings and stated goals. Instead, the Trump Administration and chemical industry lobbyists are using them as cover to shield the industry’s worst actors from accountability for their actions.
Given the doubts raised by recent federal court decisions on the scope of the Council of Environmental Quality’s (CEQ's) authority and the issuance of that agency’s recent “interim final rule” on Removal of National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) Implementing Regulations, it is unsurprising that NEPA’s fate feels uncertain.