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The Environmental Protection Agency’s flag with title and logo. Source: Paul A. Fagan, https://www.flickr.com/photos/paulfagan/187548433/in/photostream/.

The Single Most Impactful Day of Deregulation in EPA History

March 20, 2025 by Jack Hatzimemos Federal Rollbacks Regulations

EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin announced the agency’s intention to reconsider 31 regulations for the purpose of revitalizing the American economy and auto-industry, arguably neglecting the EPA’s environmental protection mission.

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D.C.’s Glass is Still Broken

March 5, 2025 by Nicholas Merrill Legislation State and Local

The District’s failure to recycle beverage containers is an ongoing issue. But a recently proposed bottle-deposit bill promises to upend residents’ relationship to waste.

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Supreme Court Refuses to Hear Challenge to Climate Tort Suits Brought in State Court, For Now

February 13, 2025 by Conor Winters Fossil Fuels Litigation

Though the Supreme Court turned down an opportunity to decide whether state-level climate change lawsuits are preempted by federal law, the justices’ significant and recurring interest in the underlying question as well as the magnitude of what’s at stake for defendants make it likely that the question will return to the Court in the coming years.