"The Central Principle of Judicial Review in NEPA Cases Is Deference" Some additional thoughts on today's Supreme Court decision in Seven County Infrastructure Coalition. Reason · May 29, 2025
Trump Administration Moves To Streamline Environmental Reviews From forest restoration to energy infrastructure, NEPA delays projects that would benefit the economy and environment. Reason · Feb 25, 2025
Fate unclear for White House environmental quality office - Roll Call The future of the White House Council on Environmental Quality, established in 1970, is uncertain in the Trump administration. Roll Call · Feb 10, 2025
D.C. Circuit Declines to Reconsider Decision Concluding CEQ Lacks Authority to Issue NEPA Regulations A majority of the en banc court instead seeks to explain away the panel's conclusion as dicta. Will the Supreme Court agree? Reason · Jan 31, 2025
It's Time To Reform Environmental Litigation Thanks to the lengthy approval process and special interests surrounding environmental review, it takes far longer to build anything in the United States than in other developed countries. Reason · Jun 26, 2024
Grocer monopoly price-gouging Torres Strait Islanders Company monopolies and the need to have goods shipped from Cairns has left Torres Strait Islanders paying over-the-top food prices in Queensland. AAP · May 3, 2024
Will faster federal reviews speed up the clean energy shift? Two legal scholars explain what the National Environmental Policy Act does and doesn't do The National Environmental Policy Act, enacted in 1970, is widely viewed as a keystone U.S. environmental law. For any major federal action that affects the environment, such as building an interstate highway or licensing a nuclear power plant, NEPA requires relevant agencies to analyze environmental impacts, consider reasonable alternatives and… The Conversation · Jun 8, 2023
Permitting Reforms in Debt Ceiling Bill Will Accomplish Little The Fiscal Responsibility Act falls well short of solving America's permitting crisis. Reason · Jun 7, 2023
Calls for aid in Doomadgee, residents face weeks trapped by floodwater with 'bare' supermarket shelves The only grocery store in a remote Gulf Country community is under fire for limited and expensive stock and stranded residents are demanding the government step in. ABC News · Mar 2, 2023