Stripping the Public Voice and Environmental Protection by Stripping Strength from the National Environmental Policy Act The National Environmental Policy Act, generally referred to as NEPA, was among the first major environmental protection laws passed at the federal level. NEPA ensures that the public has a role in government decisionmaking…

Justice Kennedy was never a steady beacon upon which environmentally-harmed communities and states could depend, but often enough he was often the bulwark against the potentially devastating unravelling of critical environmental protections. As the swing vote, Justice Kennedy tipped the Court in a 5 to 4 direction on decisions that…

→Immigration violence, → Gun violence allowed to continue, and → Environmental violence …are all part of Trump’s active agenda, and it is an agenda that is resulting in unspeakable, indefensible and enduring violence against children. Donald Trump’s immigration policy is ripping crying and distraught children from the loving arms of…

Including Rolling Back Regulations, Failing to Regulate, and Hiding the Science That Demonstrates Human Health Harms? Across the nation the Army, the Navy and industries have been using deadly, human made chemicals, known as PFCs for a variety of uses. The problem? These chemicals are now known to be contaminating…

While many have heard of the epic pipeline battles against Keystone XL and Dakota Access, they may not realize that battles large and small against pipelines have spanned communities across the nation. Just this week, we heard reports of a heroic Theresa “Red” Terry taking a stand in a tree…

The founder of earth day was Gaylord Nelson. His holiday has flowered into this amazing commemoration — some have called it the largest secular holiday in the world. …

This op-ed originally ran on Jan 25, 2018 in NewsPress, Part of the USA Today Network. Proposal 23 is just another “feel-good” constitutional provision that will inspire frivolous litigation, rather than needed environmental protection. …

New Jersey is just one of the 48 U.S. states that fails to recognize and protect the right to clean water, clean air and the healthy environments necessary to support healthy lives and economies. …

“Anyone who is saying this bodes well for communities, the environment and FERC review of pipelines has their head in the sand,” says Maya van Rossum, the Delaware Riverkeeper. The announcement by the Federal Energy Commission (FERC)’s new Chairman Kevin McIntyre that there will be a review of the agency’s…