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Editor’s Note By William J. Anaya Environmental and Natural Resources Law, September 2025 A note from the Editor of the Environmental Law Section Council Newsletter regarding the current issue. 
Editor’s Note By William J. Anaya Environmental and Natural Resources Law, August 2025 A quick note from the Editor of the Environmental and Natural Resources Law Newsletter. 
Recent U.S. Supreme Court Decisions Impacting Environmental and Administrative Law By William J. Anaya & Sophia Boothby Environmental and Natural Resources Law, August 2025 The Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) has recently issued a series of decisions that have significantly reshaped the landscape of not only environmental law, but administrative law in general. Not satisfied with simply overruling the decades old Chevron deference, SCOTUS has imposed jurisdictional limits on agency action that reflect a broader trend curbing agency discretion and reinforcing judicial oversight.
Editors’ Note By William J. Anaya Environmental and Natural Resources Law, July 2025 A Note from the Editors of the Environmental Law Newsletter. 
Executive Orders, Department Memoranda, Hyperbole, Administrative Preferences, and Aspirational, Reasonable or Necessary Regulations and Actions—2025 By William J. Anaya Corporate Law Departments, May 2025 A breakdown of the Trump Administration's revisions to environmental law of interest to practitioners.
Executive Orders, Department Memoranda, Hyperbole, Administrative Preferences, and Aspirational, Reasonable or Necessary Regulations and Actions—2025 By William J. Anaya Energy, Utilities, Telecommunications, and Transportation, April 2025 A breakdown of the Trump Administration's revisions to environmental law of interest to practitioners.
Editor’s Note By William J. Anaya Environmental and Natural Resources Law, March 2025 Save the date for ISBA’s 23rd Annual Environmental Law Conference on Thursday, May 22, 2025 and Friday, May 23, 2025 and an introduction to the issue from the editor.
Executive Orders, Department Memoranda, Hyperbole, Administrative Preferences, and Aspirational, Reasonable or Necessary Regulations and Actions—2025 By William J. Anaya Environmental and Natural Resources Law, March 2025 A breakdown of the Trump Administration's revisions to environmental law of interest to practitioners.
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Editor’s Note By William J. Anaya Environmental and Natural Resources Law, January 2025 An introduction to the issue from the editor.
Things Once Old, May Be New Again, and Then Some By William J. Anaya Environmental and Natural Resources Law, December 2024 A look at President-Elect Donald Trump's choice to lead the United States Environmental Protection Agency: Lee Zeldin. 
Chevron Reversed: Loper Bright Enterprises et al. v. Raimondo, Secretary of Commerce et al. – What Are Agencies, Litigants, and Courts to Do? By William J. Anaya & Mary C. Hofmann Environmental and Natural Resources Law, July 2024 In June, the United States Supreme Court overturned Chevron's analytical approach to statutory interpretation of ambiguous statutes in Loper Bright Enterprises et al. v. Raimondo, Secretary of Commerce et al.
Editor’s Note By William J. Anaya Environmental and Natural Resources Law, July 2024 An introduction to the issue from the editor.
Clean Water Act Jurisdiction: A Review of Sackett Cases One Year Later By Lisle A. Stalter & William J. Anaya Corporate Law Departments, June 2024 One year post Sackett et ux. v. Environmental Protection Agency, there were several significant decisions analyzing its applicability with differing interpretations.
Editor’s Note By William J. Anaya Environmental and Natural Resources Law, May 2024 An introduction to the issue from the editor.
Clean Water Act Jurisdiction: A Review of Sackett Cases One Year Later By Lisle A. Stalter & William J. Anaya Environmental and Natural Resources Law, April 2024 One year post Sackett et ux. v. Environmental Protection Agency, there were several significant decisions analyzing its applicability with differing interpretations.
2023 Environmental Statutes and Regulatory Amendments By William J. Anaya Environmental and Natural Resources Law, February 2024 Brief descriptions of new statutes, rules, and programs created by the Illinois General Assembly, the Office of the State Fire Marshall, Illinois Environmental Protection Agency, the Illinois Pollution Control Board, and the United States Environmental Protection Agency in 2023.
Federal Jurisdiction and the Clean Water Act: Can We Expect Anything From Congress? By William J. Anaya Corporate Law Departments, January 2024 With the U.S. Supreme Court’s recent decision in Sacket et ux. v. Environmental Protection Agency et al., it seems that the definition of "waters of the United States" has been resolved—unless, of course, Congress decides to modify the Clean Water Act.
Federal Jurisdiction and the Clean Water Act: Can We Expect Anything From Congress? By William J. Anaya Agricultural Law, December 2023 With the U.S. Supreme Court’s recent decision in Sacket et ux. v. Environmental Protection Agency et al., it seems that the definition of "waters of the United States" has been resolved—unless, of course, Congress decides to modify the Clean Water Act.
Federal Jurisdiction and the Clean Water Act: Can We Expect Anything From Congress? By William J. Anaya Environmental and Natural Resources Law, October 2023 With the U.S. Supreme Court’s recent decision in Sacket et ux. v. Environmental Protection Agency et al., it seems that the definition of "waters of the United States" has been resolved—unless, of course, Congress decides to modify the Clean Water Act.
Recent Legislative Proposals Involving Environmental Law By William J. Anaya Environmental and Natural Resources Law, April 2023 Summaries of recent legislative proposals of interest to environmental law practitioners.
US EPA Approves ASTM Standard E1527-21 By William J. Anaya Environmental and Natural Resources Law, March 2023 The United States Environmental Protection Agency recently amended 40 C.F.R Part 312 and formally approved the recently revised  ASTM Standard E-1527-21 as satisfying the “all appropriate inquiry” requirement for Phase I Environmental Site Assessments.
Editor’s Note: Be an Illinois Bar Foundation Champion By William J. Anaya Environmental and Natural Resources Law, January 2023 A note from the editor.
Editor’s Note By William J. Anaya Environmental and Natural Resources Law, October 2022 An introduction to the issue from the editor.
Holm v. Kodat: A Primer on Navigable Waterways, Riparian Rights, and the Role of the Judiciary By William J. Anaya Environmental and Natural Resources Law, October 2022 The Illinois Supreme Court recently affirmed the lower court's decision that an owner with riparian rights on a non-navigable waterway does not have the right to use that waterway to enter the property of another riparian owner without first obtaining permission.
Remembering Steve Bashaw By William J. Anaya Real Estate Law, September 2022 Steve Bashaw was a gentleman, a teacher, a mentor to many, an enthusiastic lawyer, a happy husband, a good father, and a friend.
Editors’ Note By William J. Anaya & Michael J. Rooney Real Estate Law, May 2022 An introduction to the issue from the editors.
Editor’s Note By William J. Anaya & Michael J. Rooney Real Estate Law, April 2022 An introduction to the issue from the editors.
ASTM E1527-21: The New 2021 Standard for Phase I Environmental Site Assessments By William J. Anaya Environmental and Natural Resources Law, March 2022 A summary of the changes made to the ASTM's Phase I Environmental Site Assessments in 2021.
ASTM E1527-21: The New 2021 Standard for Phase I Environmental Site Assessments By William J. Anaya Real Estate Law, January 2022 A summary of the changes made to the ASTM's Phase I Environmental Site Assessments in 2021.
Note From the Editors By William J. Anaya, Michael J. Maslanka, & Michael J. Rooney Real Estate Law, September 2021 An introduction to the issue from the editors.

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