There’s an old Hollywood joke where a screenwriter goes to pitch a romantic comedy, and the producer listens in silence, then ...

It was the first major dispute over the National Environmental Policy Act before the Supreme Court in 20 years.

Three environmental groups argued Wednesday before the California Supreme Court that state utility regulators acted illegally ...

The U.S. Supreme Court last week ruled in favor of a controversial Utah railway project that critics say erodes the National ...

The Supreme Court has backed a multibillion-dollar oil railroad expansion in Utah in a ruling that scales back a key ...

The decision limits the scope of a federal law that mandates extensive environmental impact reviews of energy, infrastructure ...

By Adam Liptak Reporting from Washington The Supreme Court unanimously ruled ... The ruling limits the scope of environmental reviews required by federal law in all sorts of settings.

In one fell swoop, the U.S. Supreme Court has changed a big part of the game. Whether the effects are good or bad depends on the viewer’s perspective. Either way, there is a new interpretation in ...

WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Thursday narrowed the scope ... Environmental Policy Act is applied. The landmark environmental law requires federal agencies to study the likely environmental ...

Either way, there is a new interpretation in place for the law that is the centerpiece of the debate about permitting – the National Environmental ... the Supreme Court – minus Justice Neil ...

The high court just weakened the National Environmental Policy Act, in a win for Trump and Big Oil. One lawyer says it's "the ...