Environmental & Energy
Mar. 6, 2025
CEQA: California's last line of defense against Trump's environmental rollbacks
As the Trump administration weakens federal environmental protections, California's Environmental Quality Act remains a critical safeguard, ensuring public review, accountability, and environmental preservation in the face of growing threats to communities and ecosystems.
Kevin P. Bundy
Partner, Shute, Mihaly & Weinberger LLP
Environmental, land use, municipal and renewable energy law
Email: bundy@smwlaw.com
UC Berkeley SOL; Berkeley CA
Jennifer Ganata
Legal Department Co-Director , Communities for a Better Environment
Ganata is also a former youth organizer at Communities for a Better Environment (CBE). CBE is a grassroots environmental justice organization working in the communities of East Oakland and Richmond in Northern California and South East Los Angeles and Wilmington in Southern California.
The Trump administration has embarked on a full-out attack on environmental policies that have protected Americans - and America's extraordinary natural resources - for generations.
On the day of his inauguration, President Trump signed an executive order to revoke Council on Economic Quality (CEQ) regulations that implement the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) and directed federal agencies to fast-track energy exploration and production fo...
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