What Trump’s budget proposal says about his environmental values

The White House proposal represents a dramatic retreat from the national goals of clean air and clean water enacted in federal laws over the past 55 years.

Janet McCabe, Visiting Professor and Distinguished Scholar of Law, Visiting Professor of Public and Environmental Affairs, Indiana University • conversation
June 27, 2025 • ~12 min

Federal laws don’t ban rollbacks of environmental protection, but they don’t make it easy

Some restrictions prevent loosening of existing environmental standards for clean air and water. Other rules can be changed – though only through a challenging and multistep democratic process.

Stan Meiburg, Executive Director, Sabin Center for Environment and Sustainability, Wake Forest University • conversation
April 21, 2025 • ~10 min

Lawsuits seeking to address climate change have promise but face uncertain future

In the battle to slow climate change, local and state governments, as well as citizens, have taken to the courts. Their results have varied, but the cases keep coming.

Hannah Wiseman, Professor of Law, Penn State • conversation
April 18, 2025 • ~11 min

EPA must use the best available science − by law − but what does that mean?

The Trump administration’s job cuts and advisory board changes at the agency won’t change those rules, as a former EPA science adviser explains.

H. Christopher Frey, Glenn E. Futrell Distinguished University Professor of Environmental Engineering, North Carolina State University • conversation
April 7, 2025 • ~8 min

As federal environmental priorities shift, sovereign Native American nations have their own plans

Tribal governance takes a long view based in Native peoples’ deep history with these lands.

Alyssa Kreikemeier, Assistant Professor of History, University of Idaho • conversation
March 28, 2025 • ~11 min

Revoking EPA’s endangerment finding – the keystone of US climate policies – won’t be simple and could have unintended consequences

The Trump administration’s goal is to roll back rules limiting planet-warming greenhouse gases emissions from power plants, vehicles and oil and gas production, but it could backfire for industry.

Patrick Parenteau, Professor of Law Emeritus, Vermont Law & Graduate School • conversation
March 19, 2025 • ~9 min

America’s clean air rules boost health and the economy − here’s what EPA’s new deregulation plans ignore

Clean air has become one of America’s best investments, returning $10 for every $1 spent on regulations, by one estimate.

Richard E. Peltier, Professor of Environmental Health Sciences, UMass Amherst • conversation
March 12, 2025 • ~9 min

Clean air rules boost US health and the economy − charts show what EPA’s new deregulation plans ignore

Clean air has become one of America’s best investments, returning $10 for every $1 spent on regulations, by one estimate.

Richard E. Peltier, Professor of Environmental Health Sciences, UMass Amherst • conversation
March 12, 2025 • ~9 min

America’s clean air rules have boosted health and the economy − here’s what EPA’s deregulation spree ignores

Clean air has become one of America’s best investments, returning $10 for every $1 spent on regulations, by one estimate.

Richard E. Peltier, Professor of Environmental Health Sciences, UMass Amherst • conversation
March 12, 2025 • ~9 min

New EPA regulations target air, water, land and climate pollution from power plants, especially those that burn coal

Lawsuits are inevitable, but an environmental lawyer explains why the EPA’s new power plant regulations are on solid ground.

Patrick Parenteau, Professor of Law Emeritus, Vermont Law & Graduate School • conversation
May 1, 2024 • ~11 min

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