The National Environmental Policy Act requires federal agencies to assess the environmental impacts of major projects. Now, ...

NEPA is a procedural statute that governs the environmental review process for all major federal actions, and its requirements are often blamed for the length of time it takes for infrastructure ...

The procedures associated with the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA), particularly Environmental Impact Statements (EISs), are undergoing change.[1] On one hand, the Executive Branch under the ...

The Council on Environmental Quality will continue considering changes to how agencies implement the National Environmental Policy Act. The White House today completed reforms on how agencies ...

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 White House on Friday announced much-anticipated plans to overhaul federal reviews under the National Environmental Policy Act. The Biden administration unveiled a highly anticipated proposal ...

The National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) of 1969 established an innovative process to protect the environment and the natural world. NEPA requires all federal agencies to consider the ...

The National Environmental Policy Act, or NEPA, is 50 years old this year and a fundamental component of the law is public involvement. Projects such as a new ski lift, trail or natural-gas lease each ...

Rhode Island's energy and infrastructure projects face significant delays due to the National Environmental Protection Act (NEPA) permitting process, leading to increased costs and slower progress for ...

Over the last year, there has been a lot of talk about whether environmental permitting will stymie implementation of the Inflation Reduction Act, which will bring opportunities in Utah for geothermal ...