Regulation

What Is Permitting Reform? Here’s a Primer on the Drive to Fast Track Energy Projects—Both Clean and Fossil Fuel

It’s a return to Washington’s biggest energy debate, with Democrats and climate advocates divided among themselves, and mostly at odds with Republicans.

By Dan Gearino, Kristoffer Tigue

Gov. Moore Commits Funding for 67 Hires in Maryland’s Embattled Environment Department, Hoping to Fix Wastewater Treatment Woes

By Aman Azhar

Texas Oilfield Waste Company Contributed $53,750 to Regulators Overseeing a Controversial Permit Application

By Martha Pskowski

Confronting California’s Water Crisis

By Liza Gross

After Two Decades of Controversy, the EPA Uses Its ‘Veto’ Power to Kill the Pebble Mine in Southwest Alaska

By Max Graham

On The Global Stage, Jacinda Ardern Was a Climate Champion, But Victories Were Hard to Come by at Home

By Emma Ricketts

Amid Rising Emissions, Could Congressional Republicans Help the US Reach Its Climate Targets?

By Emma Ricketts, Grant Schwab

How Gas Stoves Became Part of America’s Raging Culture Wars

By Victoria St. Martin

Six Environmental Justice Policy Fights to Watch in 2023

By Kristoffer Tigue, Aydali Campa, Darreonna Davis

Arizona’s New Governor Takes on Water Conservation and Promises to Revise the State’s Groundwater Management Act

By Wyatt Myskow

EPA Moves Away From Permian Air Pollution Crackdown

By Martha Pskowski, Dylan Baddour

Louisiana Regulators Are Not Keeping Up With LNG Boom, Environmentalists Say

By James Bruggers

Republicans Are Primed to Take on ‘Woke Capitalism’ in 2023, with Climate Disclosure Rules for Corporations in Their Sights

By Marianne Lavelle

Proposed EU Nature Restoration Law Could be the First Big Step Toward Achieving COP15’s Ambitious Plan to Staunch Biodiversity Loss

By Bob Berwyn

Seven Tough Issues That Could Disrupt Maryland Gov.-Elect Moore’s Climate Agenda

By Aman Azhar

California Had a Watershed Climate Year, But Time Is Running Out

By Liza Gross

Army Corps of Engineers Withdraws Approval of Plans to Dredge a Superfund Site on the Texas Gulf Coast for Oil Tanker Traffic

By Autumn Jones, Dylan Baddour

California Regulators Approve Reduced Solar Compensation for Homeowners

By Emma Foehringer Merchant

Maryland’s Largest County Just Banned Gas Appliances in Most New Buildings—But Not Without Some Concessions

By Aman Azhar