Regulation
Stretched Thin, Iowa Agency Issues Few Fines for Manure Pollution
By Nina B. Elkadi, Anika Jane Beamer
Decades-Old Rule that Allowed Logging on Vast Swaths of US Land Ruled Unlawful by Oregon Court
By Gloria Dickie
As Artificial Stone Countertops Kill Workers, House Republicans Discuss Protections—for Manufacturers
By Liza Gross
Clean Energy Advocates Criticize ‘Glaring’ Omission in White House Plan to Fuel Data Centers in PJM Region
By Marianne Lavelle, Kiley Bense
A Year Out From One of the World’s Largest Battery Facility Fires
By Claire Barber
Trump’s Push for Coal in Colorado Could Bring ‘Massive’ Harm to Public Lands and Rural Communities, Advocates Say
By Jake Bolster
Cleaner Water a Hope, Not a Given, for Iowa in 2026
By Anika Jane Beamer
As Data Centers Jostle to Get on Texas’ Grid, ERCOT Promises New Rules for ‘Batch Zero’
By Arcelia Martin
Wyoming County Approves Construction of What Could Become the Largest Data Center in US
By Leigh Reagan Smith
New EPA Proposal Would Strip States’ and Tribes’ Authority to Block Oil and Gas Pipelines, Other Infrastructure Projects
By Teresa Tomassoni
Fight Over Venezuelan Oil Highlights Shadowy International Legal System
By Nicholas Kusnetz
States Say They Need More Help Replacing Lead Pipes. Congress May Cut the Funding Instead.
By Keerti Gopal
‘I Am the River’: How Indigenous Knowledge Reshaped New Zealand’s Law
By Katie Surma
Arizona Comes to Agreement With Major Dairy Farm to Cut Groundwater Pumping That Is Draining Wells
By Wyatt Myskow
Outcry Builds Over Trump’s Withdrawal From International, Climate Treaties
By Marianne Lavelle
Looking Ahead to a Deepening Affordability Crisis, an Election and the Threat of an AI Investment Bubble
By Dan Gearino