The Watershed
Sambhav SankarA newsletter about the key legal wins and losses that are reshaping the environmental movement.
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How the Supreme Court ruled on the environment this term
Pundits are always trying to force-fit a “theme” onto the decisions in a Supreme Court term — the October to June period when the Court hears most of its cases. It’s an exercise I’ve never bothered with; justices have life tenure and the “t...
How the energy dominance agenda is going
On his first day in office, President Trump signed an executive order that he said would “unleash” American “energy dominance.”
Trump put all of his chips — to be precise, our chips — on domestic fossil fuel production. He promised cheap p...
The Laws Still Exist, the Consequences Don’t: America’s Vanishing Environmental Enforcement
This week I’m turning over The Watershed to Laura Thoms, the Director of Enforcement at Earthjustice. She recently left the Department of Justice’s environmental enforcement section – part of an exodus of attorneys. With the Trump administr...
What's going on with the Endangered Species Act
The Endangered Species Act is up there with ice cream, puppies, and free beer in terms of popularity. But in a sign of the times, even this beloved and truly bedrock environmental law is facing serious attacks.
First, in March, the Trump a...
Welcome to The Watershed
Hi. I’m Sam. (Or Sambhav to people who grew up pronouncing “bh.”) Welcome to The Watershed, where I’ll be analyzing the cases and trends that are upending environmental law and policy in the U.S.
My goal with this Substack is to answer tou...
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