Environmental Justice – Environmental and Energy Law Program

Regulatory Tracker

The Dakota Access Pipeline (DAPL)

The pipeline is operational but lacks a key Army Corps permit. The Corps intends to publish a final EIS in 2025.

November 5, 2025

Regulatory Tracker

Ethylene Oxide (EtO) Emissions Standards for Commercial Sterilizers

The Biden EPA strengthened regulation of ethylene oxide (EtO) emissions from commercial sterilization facilities, which environmental groups and industry petitioners challenged in the D.C. Circuit. The Trump EPA plans to roll back the rule and invited industry to apply for exemptions.

October 22, 2025

Post

Affirming the Legality of Environmental Justice Initiatives

Summary of the guidelines in multiple languages.

October 17, 2025

CleanLaw Podcast

CleanLaw — Cumulative Impacts and the ‘Holy Grail’ of EJ Policy

Hannah, Charles, and Sean discuss the growing field of cumulative impacts analysis.

October 17, 2025

Legal Analysis

Ethylene Oxide Emissions Standards for Commercial Sterilization Facilities

A summary of EPA’s EtO final rule for sterilization facilities and the significance of regulating EtO emissions for fenceline communities, plus a look at current litigation and the anticipated effort to roll it back.

May 28, 2025

CleanLaw Podcast

CleanLaw — The Future of Environmental Justice

“Because of our lawsuits and the thoughtful decisions from judges appointed by various presidents, Republican or Democrat, we are winning.”

May 13, 2025

Explainer

Why We Are Rescuing Government Environmental Data

Volunteers are preserving tools and data that the Trump administration is discarding, but we are no replacement for the centralized management and distribution of a public good.

May 2, 2025

CleanLaw Podcast

CleanLaw — Title VI of the Civil Rights Act, Part II: Environmental Justice Lawyering in Practice

Hannah Perls speaks with Debbie Chizewer and Nick Leonard about their work representing frontline communities facing disparate environmental harms.

December 2, 2024

EELP News

How Durable Is President Biden’s Environmental Justice Agenda?

Which elements of Biden’s EJ agenda can be preserved if Trump wins?

November 1, 2024