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U.S. Supreme Court Narrowly Construes Permitting Program Under the Clean Water Act, Limiting EPA’s Authority By Stuart Silverman On March 4, 2025, in City and County of San Francisco...

Whose World is This? By Nakyshia Fralin In “The World Is Yours,” Nas raps about being “out for dead presidents to represent [him].” While layered with meaning, there’s a...

From Pollution Catastrophe to a Just and Equitable Future By Christian Patierno The armpit of America (as out-of-staters often refer to it), New Jersey, is working to shed this distasteful...

Balancing Environmental Protection with Economic Development: The Greenland Mining Dilemma By Suhana Roy “The principle of sustainable development is a principle of international law that reconciles the right to development...

War Fuels Ecocide: How Militarism Drives Environmental Destruction By Kaya Mark If you asked most people how they feel about war, the odds are they would say war is bad....

Coming Back to Earth with Agroecology: Regenerating Our Soils and Our Communities Out of Agrochemical-Heavy Conventional Farming By Ilinca Johnson Agriculture could become one of the greatest mitigation forces of...

Climate Change and World Conflict: A Crucial Juncture By Ian Lopez As the world approaches a critical juncture on climate and energy policies in the face of accelerating global warming,...

A Comparison of the Biden and Trump Administration’s Energy Policy and Coal Leasing in the Powder River Basin by Drew Collins The 2024 election of President Trump brings rapid changes...

Triumphing Over Terror: The Fight for Environmental Justice Under a New Regime by Kelly Bell Not even one full day into his second term, President Donald Trump attacked environmental justice....