Among the provisions of President Trump’s executive order on climate change was this: Section 3(c) The Council on Environmental Quality shall rescind its final guidance entitled “Final Guidance for Federal for Federal Departments and Agencies on Consideration of Greenhouse Gas Emissions and the Effects of Climate Change in National Environmental Policy Act Reviews . . […]
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The Trump Administration ordered the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to do exactly what we at the Lab said back in December would seriously undermine the credibility of the United States: it reversed the Corps’ decision regarding the necessity of an Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) for the Dakota Access Pipeline (DAPL) crossing at Lake Oahe. Earthjustice, […]
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Jamison Colburn bridge construction, CEQ Watch, wind turbines executive order, infrastructure, risk, Trump
On January 24th, President Trump issued one of his notorious executive orders (EOs)—this one to much less fanfare than some of the others. It was brief. It was surprisingly unnoticed by the media. Yet it took aim at the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) so we here at the Lab were keen to take a […]
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