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 White House wants to accelerate permits for clean energy projects, but opponents are gearing up to turn back the rule. President Joe Biden’s bid for a smoother, faster permitting process — the ...

These developments should have major effects on NEPA compliance and litigation in future years. The biggest changes relate to NEPA lawsuits, which challenge a small subset of NEPA documents ...

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 ...

An examination of key National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) requirements for upstream and midstream oil and gas ...

The USDA will adopt new regulations on evaluating the environmental effects of grazing and other agency-approved activities, saying the rules will follow directions from President Trump and the U.S.

Trump has acted to cut through the NEPA regulation quagmire.

The Trump administration said Wednesday it will further truncate environmental reviews by eliminating Biden-era guidance to consider greenhouse gas emissions and climate change when weighing new ...

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 ...

For years, energy companies, or any builders really, have been dramatically slowed down by NEPA. The process is notoriously slow and environmentalists weaponize the law to further block or slow down ...

In a state where the government owns more than 80 percent of the land, proposals to use it are common. And for Nevadans, so is the instinct to protect the Silver State’s picturesque landscapes and ...