88 FR 71041
The Office of Science and Technology Policy seeks information to assist in developing a coordinated federal strategy to identify and address gaps in science, data, and research related to environmental justice.
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Desert Protection Society v. Haaland
A district court denied an environmental group's motion for summary judgment in a challenge to BLM's decision to amend the California Desert Conservation Area Plan and grant a right-of-way to a company to construct and operate an electric energy project near Joshua Tree National Park. The group argu...
Western Watersheds Project v. Perdue
A district court denied environmental groups' motion for summary judgment in a challenge to the Forest Service's approval of a grazing project in the Apache-Sitgreaves and Gila National Forests. The groups argued the Service violated NEPA by failing to take a "hard look" at impacts on Mexican gray w...
Connecticut v. Exxon Mobil Corp.
The Second Circuit affirmed a district court order remanding to state court a climate liability lawsuit against an oil and gas company. The state of Connecticut initially sued the company in state court, alleging it engaged in a decades-long campaign of knowingly misleading and deceiving Connecticut...
88 FR 70310
The Internal Revenue Service proposed regulations that would provide guidance regarding certain clean vehicle credits as established by the Inflation Reduction Act.
88 FR 67870
FEMA proposed to amend its regulations to implement the Federal Flood Risk Management Standard and update the agency's eight-step decisionmaking process for floodplain reviews.
88 FR 67617
The president issued a memorandum to the heads of executive departments and agencies regarding the restoration of healthy and abundant salmon, steelhead, and other native fish populations in the Columbia River Basin.
The Business of Sustainability
This Comment argues that what is needed to make sustainability work for business is a National Business Sustainability Council that would develop and promulgate sustainability criteria, be able to evaluate whether specific small businesses are meeting those criteria, and be able to “certify” that a small business is, in fact, meeting these criteria, and is therefore “sustainable.” It asserts the Council’s criteria and evaluation methodology should be both rigorous and transparent, such that when the Council awards a sustainability certification to a business, the federal and state governmen
The Environmental Justice Impacts of Plastic Pollution
Plastic pollution is a global environmental problem with a disproportionate impact on marginalized communities and other vulnerable groups. On June 27, 2023, the Environmental Law Institute (ELI), ELI’s Women in Environmental Law & Leadership initiative, the Monterey Bay Aquarium, and WilmerHale co-hosted a panel of experts who explored the environmental justice implications of continued production and disposal of plastics, and addressed key domestic and international policy efforts.
88 FR 65999
EPA announced that it is establishing the Historically Black Colleges and Universities and Minority Serving Institutions Advisory Council.