The Montana Supreme Court affirmed a trial court ruling that declared the Montana Environmental Policy Act (MEPA) violated youths' state constitutional right to a "clean and healthful environment."
The Fifth Circuit granted EPA's motion to vacate its disapprovals of portions of regional haze SIPs submitted by Texas and Oklahoma and the issuance of federal implementation plans (FIPs) establishing a long-term strategy and/or reasonable progress goals for the states.
The December issue of ELR—The Environmental Law Reporter features articles on the national security threat that climate change poses and the need for military facility modernization; the roles of judicial commissions and special masters in protecting the right to environment; and lawmakers' intent for the experience national scenic trails should provide when they passed the National Scenic Trails Act. The issue also includes a transcript from a recent webinar on the implementation of tribal consultation laws in California.
How to interpret the National Trails System Act in a post-Loper Bright world?