The U.S. Department of Agriculture Rural Development today announced USDA has adopted a Final Rule to modernize the National ...

In the past two weeks, six federal permitting agencies — the U.S. Departments of Interior (USDOI), Agriculture (USDA), Energy (DOE), Commerce (DoC), Defense (DoD), and Transportation (USDOT) — ...

A chain of events that started on Inauguration Day culminated with the June 30, 2025, withdrawal of National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) regulations that have, since the 1970s, structured decision ...

Policy shift begins: USDA Rural Development will follow a streamlined NEPA rule, replacing multiple agency-specific regulations. Efficiency and accountability: Officials say the reform will speed up ...

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In April, the Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ)—an arm of the White House that coordinates federal environmental activities and policy development—took the most drastic action since its creation ...

For over half a century, the National Environmental Policy Act has dictated how new infrastructure projects, including pipelines, highways, and transmission lines, can receive federal permits critical ...

Washington, DC—Today the Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ) took the most drastic action since its creation in 1970 by rescinding 50 years’ worth of regulations that implement the National ...