Friends of the Everglades and the Center for Biological Diversity filed a lawsuit last week, accompanied by the request for a ...

The Trump administration Thursday argued a federal judge should deny a request to block operation of a detention center in ...

Environmental groups have sued to stop the center, arguing it will hurt the environmentally sensitive Everglades.

U.S. Department of Justice attorneys filed a nine-page document opposing a request by environmental groups for a temporary ...

The US Department of Energy said June 30 it will update the National Environmental Policy Act, the bedrock law ensuring federal agencies consider environmental impacts of ...

This month marks the 119th anniversary of the Antiquities Act of 1906, the law that allows presidents to designate national monuments. As both President Donald Trump and the current ...

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: I. National Environmental Policy Act and Categorical Exclusions NEPA (42 U.S.C. 4321-4347, as amended) requires all Federal agencies to consider the environmental impact of ...

Organized by the National Environment and Planning Agency (NEPA), National Environmental Awareness Week 2025 will take place in Jamaica from 1–8 June, aligned with global efforts for World Environment ...

Opinion Stephen L. Carter: The Supreme Court got the Environmental Policy Act case right The U.S. Supreme Court is seen, April 25, 2024, in Washington. (AP Photo/Mariam Zuhaib) ...

Either way, there is a new interpretation in place for the law that is the centerpiece of the debate about permitting—the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969, known as NEPA.

However, the Act does not create rules about when a particular environmental claim can be made to the public. Instead, the Act allows businesses to make whatever environmental claims they wish, as ...