06.30.16
Senate Agriculture Committee leaders reached agreement June 23, 2016, on a bill that would require food containing genetic material modified by recombinant DNA techniques to be labeled or to provide a link to a disclosure indicating that the food is "bioengineered."
05.26.16
On Tuesday, the U.S. House of Representatives overwhelmingly passed a bipartisan bill that, for the first time in 40 years, would modernize the federal Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA)—the nation's premier chemical control law.
03.23.16
Automobile traffic congestion, and our collective behavior as automobile drivers, is front and center in environmental conversations and debates.
03.11.16
On Wednesday, March 9, the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) proposed to amend New York State's Brownfields law's implementing regulations to enable more properties to qualify for BCP tangible property tax credits.
02.29.16
Two years ago, Californians voted to pass Proposition 1, a $7.5 billion general obligation bond, also known as the Water Quality, Supply, and Infrastructure Improvement Act of 2014.
01.20.16
On December 18, President Obama signed into law HR 2029, the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2016, the so-called Omnibus Appropriations bill.
12.16.15
In 1985, the U.S. Supreme Court issued the first of three key decisions interpreting the phrase "waters of the U.S." to define the scope of federal permitting jurisdiction under the Clean Water Act.
10.28.15
As we enter the fall season, substantial portions of California and the Pacific Northwest are experiencing extreme to exceptional drought conditions.
09.30.15
California's drought is now in its fourth year, and state leaders are faced with making unprecedented decisions further restricting water use.
09.15.15
For most of the year, tracking the inner workings of the California Legislature can be a grueling effort suitable only for the most die-hard policy wonks.