Lamont said that after decades of cooperation on environmental issues it's now hard to reach a national consensus.

Late Monday, Gov. Gavin Newsom signed two major bills to change one of the state’s oldest and most powerful environmental laws. The measures are designed to make it easier to build more housing in a ...

California lawmakers on Monday approved one of the most substantial rollbacks of the state’s signature environmental review ...

Gov. Gavin Newsom upended the state's oldest and most powerful environmental laws this week, signing two bills that will make it easier to build housing in a state that has some of worst shortages and ...

California has made significant changes to a law from the 1970s that was considered landmark legislation in protecting the ...

Allowing states to shoulder more responsibility for environmental reviews will restore the function and purpose of the National Environmental Policy Act.

Major changes include an exemption for high-tech industrial plants and other projects. The move, fast-tracked under pressure ...

Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom pushed to roll back a 50-year-old law blamed for blocking development and reducing affordability ...

The National Environmental Policy Act has not been immune to changes since President Richard Nixon signed it into law 55 ...

Republicans used a procedural tactic to counter Democratic accusations they were gutting the filibuster and lay the groundwork to block a California plan to phase out gas-powered vehicles.