Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFASs) are a group of several thousand manmade chemicals – perfluorooctane sulfonic acid (PFOS) and perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA).
Published: Wednesday, December 30, 2020
Gavel. Photo credit: Staff Sgt. Nicholas Rau/Air Force
Trump s last year in office brought a new wave of major developments in environmental law. Staff Sgt. Nicholas Rau/Air Force
President Trump s four years in office brought a steady stream of courtroom brawls over environmental issues before an increasingly conservative judiciary. 2020 was no exception.
The last 12 months have been marked by a fresh crop of Supreme Court rulings on environmental questions, major courtroom victories for Black communities fighting energy projects and a notable loss for a group of kids who want the government to help protect the next generation from the harms associated with a rapidly warming planet.