This is the third in a series of six eAlerts on the Bipartisan Permitting Reform Implementation Rule published in the Federal Register on May 1, 2024 (Final Rule) by the Council on Environmental ...
The United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit (“Court”) issued a November 12th Opinion addressing an issue arising out of the National Environmental Policy Act (“NEPA”). See ...
The National Environmental Policy Act has not been immune to changes since President Richard Nixon signed it into law 55 years ago. Under the direction of President Donald Trump and Republicans in ...
Signed into U.S. law in 1970, NEPA is considered the "Magna Carta" of environmental law. It requires federal agencies to assess the environmental impact of major construction projects such as airports ...
On May 29, the Supreme Court’s unanimous decision in Seven County Infrastructure Coalition v. Eagle County curbed lower courts’ ability to micromanage federal agencies’ environmental reviews under the ...
The projects, which include oil pipelines, natural gas power plants, and mining projects, were already under review. But the possibility of accelerated permitting raised concerns that without ...
National Environmental Policy Act experts say the push could yield analyses with little recognition of environmental factors on the ground. The Interior Department is plowing ahead with plans to ...
On October 24, AEI’s R. Richard Geddes welcomed a panel of experts to reflect on the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) of 1970 and discuss areas for potential reform, including environmental ...
Congress must act, and the vehicle for doing so is the bipartisan SPEED Act, introduced by Reps. Bruce Westerman (R-Ark.) and Jared Golden (D-Maine).