Proposition 45 supporters say it would speed up housing, infrastructure, clean energy and other projects by limiting CEQA review. Opponents say it goes too far.

Arctic warming is rapidly transforming belowground processes and carbon cycling. In this Review, the authors synthesize how root and rhizosphere processes shape carbon balance under permafrost thaw ...

Nature Reviews Earth & Environment has a new collection of Q&A articles (short interviews) where researchers recently awarded funding give advice on developing project proposals. Nature Conference on ...

The Trump administration late Wednesday tossed decades of environmental policy — laying the groundwork for an overhaul of how the federal government implements a bedrock environmental law. That law, ...

The legislation, which would weaken federal environmental reviews for certain semiconductor manufacturing projects, has divided Democrats. By Madeleine Ngo Reporting from Washington More than two ...

In the November 2026 general election, California voters will decide whether to speed up environmental review processes for projects deemed essential.

The general principles of environmental protection and sustainability are rooted in the recognition that the Earth’s ecosystems are finite and interconnected, and that human activities can have ...

The Supreme Court appeared open during oral arguments Tuesday to limiting the scope of environmental review from federal agencies, in a case about a dispute over the approval of an 88-mile stretch of ...

The upcoming Paris 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games could face environmental challenges related to heat, air quality and water quality. These challenges will pose potential threats to athletes and ...

Today the Supreme Court decided Seven County Infrastructure Coalition v. Eagle County, which challenged the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit's capacious understanding of agency obligations ...