Historically, trade agreements have focused on reducing barriers to trade—such as tariffs and quotas—while encouraging economic integration and growth. Environmental protection was often considered a ...

In response to President Donald Trump’s declaration of a “national energy emergency,” the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers recently listed hundreds of energy and infrastructure projects that would be ...

President Donald Trump and Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Lee Zeldin have announced their intent to reconsider dozens of current regulations in an effort to loosen standards originally ...

In response to President Donald Trump’s declaration of a “national energy emergency,” the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers recently listed hundreds of energy and infrastructure projects that would be ...

(Beyond Pesticides, November 3, 2025) After a series of legal setbacks for the nation’s cornerstone law of environmental protection, the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA), Beyond Pesticides has ...

Enforcement against polluters in the United States plunged in the first year of President Donald Trump’s second term, a far bigger drop than in the same period of his first term, according to a new ...

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency recently announced plans to roll back environmental regulations, including for the oil and gas industry. How we did this Pew Research Center conducted this ...

Today, New Jersey’s Appellate Court affirmed the legality of regulations to implement the state’s Environmental Justice Law (EJ Rule). Despite multiple attacks from industry, the court sided with the ...

Remember the Cayucos Viewshed? You don’t have to remember it because it’s still there—all 47,000 acres of green rolling hills, oak woodlands, creeks, hiking trails, and occasional farms between ...

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