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 ...

Rhode Island's RI 2030 Plan for infrastructure and energy projects is often stalled by regulatory delays. The National Environmental Protection Act (NEPA) is cited as a primary cause for project ...

For most of us, the phrase “government bureaucracy” calls to mind a mountain of paperwork. Last week, the Supreme Court heard a case concerning one of the major sources of such paperwork: the National ...

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 ...

FERC has voted unanimously to revise its regulations on the implementation of the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) and issued a staff manual outlining the revised procedures. The effort was ...

A process the Interior Department laid out to fast-track environmental reviews is rife with legal risks for both agencies and developers, experts say. President Donald Trump’s move to cut ...

NEPA also specified procedures for that purpose, including publishing alternatives and seeking public comment before finalizing decisions. Since its passage in 1970, that “NEPA process” has been ...

For roughly half a century, a little-known body called the White House Council on Environmental Quality has been in charge of overseeing implementation of the National Environmental Policy Act, or ...