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Albert C. Lin: The Supreme Court just shriveled federal protection for wetlands, leaving many of these valuable ecosystems at risk

In Sackett v. EPA, a suit filed by two homeowners who filled in wetlands on their property, the Supreme Court has drastically narrowed the definition of which wetlands qualify for federal protection.

Newsletter

Bill limiting oil drilling without landowners’ consent faces headwinds at Colorado legislature

Conflicts between residents and operators are escalating as hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, operations infringe on suburban neighborhoods.

'A flipping swamp': Property rights vs. climate change in Narragansett

A controversial proposal to build a house on an undersized lot — that is nearly half wetlands and adjacent to the Narrow River — is pitting questions of property rights against neighborhood compatibility and climate change.

Solutions

Private lands are the next battleground in state conservation policy

Interest from owners wanting to set aside their property for conservation has increased in the past few years.

Causes

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Supreme Court backs pipeline in case on New Jersey land seizures

By a 5-to-4 vote, the court said the federal government could delegate its power to condemn state property to a private company.

Politics

$U.S. Supreme Court ponders the fate of a fracked natural gas pipeline to New Jersey$

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U.S. Supreme Court ponders the fate of a fracked natural gas pipeline to New Jersey

PennEast applied to the federal government six years ago to build a 116-mile pipeline from northeastern Pennsylvania to carry fracked natural gas to a location near Trenton.

ORIGINAL REPORTING

property rights

Fossil fuel companies are taking private land—and landowners are fighting back

Albert C. Lin: The Supreme Court just shriveled federal protection for wetlands, leaving many of these valuable ecosystems at risk

Bill limiting oil drilling without landowners’ consent faces headwinds at Colorado legislature

'A flipping swamp': Property rights vs. climate change in Narragansett

Private lands are the next battleground in state conservation policy

Supreme Court backs pipeline in case on New Jersey land seizures

U.S. Supreme Court ponders the fate of a fracked natural gas pipeline to New Jersey

Vanishing Bayous: On a boat at ground zero for sea level rise

Department of Energy allocates $134 million for fusion funding

Study finds Indigenous territories of Amazon rainforest can protect humans from disease

New EPA proposal aims to strike down landmark climate "endangerment finding"

Wildfire burns historic Grand Canyon lodge as toxic gas leak complicates response

Trump administration redirects clean energy funds in defiance of Congress

Judge allows Trump to cut more than $1bn in National Science Foundation grants

Wright and Burgum urge Europe to rethink methane curbs