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Chevron Is Gone, and Here Is What Loper Bright Changed for EveryoneIn 2024 the Supreme Court ended a 40-year rule that told judges to defer to agencies. Here is what that rule was and what changes for businesses and families.Six Myths About the Republican Record on Conservation and the EnvironmentRepublicans founded the national conservation tradition, and the claim that the party always opposed clean air does not survive the record.How a Backyard Lot and a Farm Pond Became Federal Waters, Then Didn'tA dated timeline of the fight over "waters of the United States," from 1972 to the Supreme Court's return to the text in 2023.NEPA Explained, the 1970 Law Where Paperwork Outlasts the ProjectThe 1970 law meant to make Washington look before it leaps now makes projects wait for the paperwork. Here is how it works and what reform should demand.The Court Did Not Ban Clean Air. It Told EPA to Ask Congress First.West Virginia v. EPA did not strip the government of power to protect the environment. It decided who makes a decision this big: elected lawmakers.Seven Fracking Horror Stories, Tested Against the Actual RecordFlaming faucets, a loophole, poisoned aquifers and earthquakes: seven loud fracking claims tested against the record, including where the critics are right.