Environmental law

Proposed California Ballot Initiative Seeks to Restrict Environmental Lawsuits on New Homes

A proposed California ballot initiative seeks to cut down on environmental lawsuits—often filed against new housing projects—to boost homeownership.

September 19, 2023BY Jill McLaughlin
Saskatchewan Joins Other Provinces Fighting Against Federal ‘No More Pipelines’ Legislation

Saskatchewan will join as an intervenor in a case before the Supreme Court of Canada, alongside other provinces ...

March 20, 2023BY Marnie Cathcart
Lawsuit Filed Against Trump’s Environmental Law Rollback

In a challenge to the Trump administration's modernization and streamlining of the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA), 17 environmental ...

July 29, 2020BY Alan McDonnell
Will the Paris Agreement Be Legally Binding?

The inability of previous climate summits, notably Copenhagen in 2009, to deliver a legally binding agreement led some ...

November 9, 2015BY Katherine Lake