Richard Nixon’s presidency left a complex, indelible mark on American history, defined by sweeping reforms, Cold War ...

Gavin Newsom's about-face on anti-development environmental restrictions is welcome, but it does not touch the underlying ...

The bicentennial of the Declaration of Independence began early for many Americans. On a chilly December morning in 1973, a reenactment of the Boston Tea Party, sponsored by the City of Boston, ...

The Trump administration says the detention center for undocumented migrants will house the “worst of the worst.” ...

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 ...

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

Several factors contributed to the decline of earlier civilizations. Still, not one collapsed as a result of deliberate ...

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 ...