National Environmental Policy Act

Once upon a time, the EPA had a golden age.

On the constitutional settlement that governed America from the end of the Volcker Shock in 1982 to the re-election of Donald Trump in 2024.

For more than a century, conservation policy has focused on economic development and wisely using natural resources.

As environmental rights seem on the verge of a comeback, it’s worth remembering why they once seemed so promising, and why that promise remains unfulfilled.

A new history of the environmental movement places too much emphasis on famous figures like Rachel Carson and shies away from confronting failures.

Traditional environmentalism has lacked a meaningful, practical democratic vision, rendering it largely marginal to the day-to-day lives of most Americans.

“Green” public relations work has flown below the radar but made a huge impact.

Trump, Biden, and public lands.

In the late 19th and early 20th century, talk about “the environment” had little of its later coherence or political meaning.

How the disaster energized the nascent environmental movement and led to a slew of legislative changes.