NEWS OF THE DAY: Court finds environmentalists’ challenge to Trump NEPA rule too early in processMaya Weber, Richard Rubin, S & P Global Platts, June 21, 2021 Sees path for challenges after agencies make project decisions. Other cases stayed as Biden CEQ revises regulation. Streamlining rule was backed by gas pipelines. A US district court judge June 21 tossed one … read more
NEWS OF THE DAY: No progress on avoiding Alaska state government shutdown; new special session this weekAndrew Kitchenman, Alaska Public Media and KTOO, June 21, 2021 The Alaska legislative special session ended on Friday without an agreement to avoid a state government shutdown on July 1. Gov. Mike Dunleavy called the Legislature back into a new special session to start on Wednesday, … read more
How the U.S. Made Progress on Climate Change Without Ever Passing a BillRobinson Meyer, The Atlantic, June 16, 2021 Here, at least, is the standard story: The past decade has been abysmal for climate-change policy in the United States. In 2009, a handsome new president took office pledging to pass a comprehensive climate bill in Congress. He did not. The … read more
