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The Sixth Edition of Environmental Law in Context continues this casebook’s focus on core federal statutes—RCRA, CERCLA, NEPA, the Endangered Species Act, the Clean Air Act, and the Clean Water Act—and key environmental procedures, such as citizen suits. It emphasizes, moreover, how these key aspects of environmental law interact with other aspects of law, including common law, administrative law, constitutional law, civil procedure, environmental justice, cost-benefit analysis, and scientific and technical requirements. Professor Uma Outka joins Professor Robin Craig as a co-author on the Sixth Edition, enriching and expanding the explorations of environmental law’s intersections with other topics.

The new Sixth Edition is significantly shorter than prior editions even though it is fully updated to cover the new Supreme Court decisions since 2021 and important regulatory changes that have occurred into August 2026. Coverage of these new developments includes an expanded introductory overview of administrative law developments such as the Loper Bright decision and the emergence of the Major Questions Doctrine; the evolution of NEPA in the courts and the Executive Branch; the July 2026 Endangered Species Act regulations; the Clean Air Act’s evolving role in addressing climate change; and the Sackett decision’s refinement of “waters of the United States” under the Clean Water Act.


Imprint: West Academic Publishing
Series: American Casebook Series
Publication Date: 12/04/2026

Robin Kundis Craig, University of Kansas School of Law

Uma Outka, University of Kansas School of Law

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The new Sixth Edition is significantly shorter than prior editions even though it is fully updated to cover the new Supreme Court decisions since 2021 and important regulatory changes that have occurred into August 2026. Coverage of these new developments includes an expanded introductory overview of administrative law developments such as the Loper Bright decision and the emergence of the Major Questions Doctrine; the evolution of NEPA in the courts and the Executive Branch; the July 2026 Endangered Species Act regulations; the Clean Air Act’s evolving role in addressing climate change; and the Sackett decision’s refinement of “waters of the United States” under the Clean Water Act.

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