A district court granted summary judgment for a number of states in a challenge to a 2024 CEQ rule that revised regulations for implementing the procedural provisions of NEPA, including amendments in the Fiscal Responsibility Act.

The Fourth Circuit vacated a district court order that denied a motion to preliminarily enjoin the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission's recommended fishery management plan (FMP) for striped bass.

Our January-February issue of ELR—The Environmental Law Reporter features articles on permitting reform, "energy communities", stratospheric aerosol injection and human rights, the climate capability of India's judiciary, strategic climate litigation, and the International Court of Justice's anticipated advisory opinion on climate change. A loosely edited transcript to an ELI webinar on the role of marine CO2 removal in combating climate change.

Authors propose several principles that should guide permitting reform, describe established programs that should serve as models, and identify future work that would promote an informed and constructive national debate.