Deregulatory Resources – Environmental and Energy Law Program

EELP News

DOJ’s Litigation Norms Under Pressure: From the Weaponization Fund to American Gas Association

July 9, 2026

Legal Analysis

SEC Proposes to Rescind Climate-Related Risk Disclosure Rule

Analysis of the legal and policy arguments behind the proposal and what they could mean for the SEC’s broader authority.

June 30, 2026

Quick Takes

EPA’s Proposal to Remove Drinking Water Standards for Four PFAS Could Slow Future SDWA Rulemakings

Agency asserts that the 2024 rulemaking used an unlawful procedure to regulate these “forever chemicals.”

June 23, 2026

Quick Takes

A Legal Challenge with Major Implications for Citizen Suits

DOJ intervenes in and moves for dismissal of citizen suit, citing primacy of its own enforcement discretion

June 16, 2026

Legal Analysis

Evading Notice and Comment in the Second Trump Administration

A three-branch strategy to constrain public comment in agency rulemakings.

June 16, 2026

Legal Analysis

EPA Proposes to Limit Its Responsibility to Revise Hazardous Air Pollution Standards

Analysis of the proposal regarding previously unregulated hazardous air pollutant emission points, the agency’s legal rationale, and the implications for EPA’s broader obligations under the Clean Air Act.

June 9, 2026

Legal Analysis

A Department Untethered: The Erosion of DOJ Settlement Norms and Implications for Environmental Law

Analysis of recent departures from DOJ norms and the use of litigation and settlement as tools for advancing policy objectives.

June 2, 2026

Legal Analysis

The Limits of Deference: Judicial Review of Pretextual National Security Rationales

A look at the tension between judicial review and courts’ longstanding deference to agencies’ national security justifications.

May 11, 2026

EELP News

An Endangered Species Act Exemption Reveals Distrust of Process, Congress, and Courts

Why the Endangered Species Committee’s decision is so unusual and potential consequences of the exemption.

April 27, 2026