Unheard Voices in the Pacific: U.S. Territories Fight Back Against Federal Deep-Sea Mining Plans
Lou Leon Guerrero, the governor of Guam, learned about the federal government’s sweeping plan to mine her people’s waters the exact same way everyone else did: by reading the news.…
Federal Appeals Court Rules U.S. Constitution Does Not Guarantee Right to Clean Drinking Water Amid Jackson Crisis
A federal appeals court has delivered a consequential legal blow to residents of Jackson, Mississippi, ruling that the United States Constitution does not guarantee citizens a fundamental right to clean…
Federal Reserve Rate Hike Sends Shockwaves Through Real Estate Markets, Testing Investors and Reshaping Strategy
Just when real estate investors thought the worst of high interest rates was behind them, the landscape has shifted once again. As Al Pacino famously remarked in The Godfather III,…
Industry Pushes to Restrict Community Air Monitoring as Federal Oversight and Funding Decline
Across much of the United States, residents living in the shadow of heavy industry have few reliable ways to know when the air they breathe turns dangerous. Over recent decades,…