The New NEPA: Federal Agencies Overhaul Procedures for Environmental …
Jul 11, 2025 · These new procedures largely narrow the scope of effects that must be considered during, and seek to shorten the time period for preparing, environmental reviews, which may help …
The NEPA Bill: Statutory Changes to Environmental Review
Dec 16, 2025 · The revised definition explicitly excludes actions with minimal federal funding or involvement, aiming to limit the scope of NEPA applicability. New Requirements for Environmental …
Supreme Court Clarifies Scope of NEPA Reviews in Long-Awaited …
Jun 12, 2025 · On May 29, 2025, the U.S. Supreme Court reversed the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit’s decision that vacated the Surface Transportation Board’s (“the Board”) environmental …
Key Changes in CEQ’s Phase 2 Regulations Implementing NEPA
Aug 8, 2024 · Below, I review three key changes in the Phase 2 rule: factors that shape agencies’ level and scope of analysis, implementation of recent amendments to NEPA, and integrating …
Addressing Climate Change in Enforcement and Compliance Assurance - US EPA
Jun 3, 2025 · This overview of EPA’s work to address climate change in enforcement and compliance assurance focuses on mitigating climate change and incorporating climate adaptation and resiliency, …
The Impact of Recent Executive Orders on U.S. Environmental Policy
Mar 5, 2025 · These changes primarily focus on deregulation, energy production, ecological justice, and international climate commitments. This article examines the key executive actions and their …
Landmark Supreme Court Decision Limits NEPA Review Scope: …
May 30, 2025 · In an 8-0 decision, the U.S. Supreme Court reversed a D.C. Circuit ruling that had blocked construction of a new 88-mile freight railroad line, clarifying the scope of impacts that federal …
Supreme Court changes the game on federal environmental reviews
Jun 3, 2025 · In recent litigation, the question in particular has been how broad a range of effects on and from climate change could be linked to any one specific project and therefore require evaluation....
US Supreme Court narrows scope of environmental review for major ...
May 31, 2025 · The US Supreme Court reversed a lower court’s decision involving the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) on Thursday, effectively narrowing the scope of the statute’s …
Federal Agencies Overhaul Longstanding NEPA Regulations
Jul 30, 2025 · What happened: Over the last few weeks, individual federal agencies have issued interim final rules (IFRs) to largely rescind their existing NEPA regulations. Agencies have replaced those …