But there is good news. The Trump administration, Congress, and the Supreme Court have all acted to cut through the mess ...

The week of June 30, 2025, will go down in National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) history as another one for the books — federal agencies have begun their efforts to overhaul their NEPA procedures ...

Over the last half century, federal courts have interpreted the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) to require federal agencies to study an ever-growing range of indirect effects and impacts when ...

The case centers on an environmental analysis underpinning a Utah oil railway but is expected to affect infrastructure projects nationwide. The Supreme Court on Tuesday grilled backers of a proposed ...

Logging and grazing on public land are expected to reap benefits from a U.S. Supreme Court ruling that has limited the scope of a proposed railroad’s environmental review. Beyond its implications for ...

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 case could inhibit the federal government’s power to study indirect climate impacts of projects like highways, transmission lines and dams. EMMA PARK, Utah — On a snowy October morning, a parade ...

The court explained that the National Environmental Policy Act requires agencies to look at the environmental effects of the project itself—here, the construction of a railroad line—not the effects of ...

President Richard Nixon signed the National Environmental Policy Act on New Year’s Day in 1970. The law responded to demands for broad environmental analyses for major federal projects. Environmental ...

Rising electricity prices are a top concern for American families, and with demand set to surge, we desperately need more supply. Yet bureaucratic inertia in America's permitting process has deterred ...

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