Environmental Reviews of Infrastructure Projects Are Set to Return
The National Environmental Policy Act is considered to be a bedrock piece of environmental legislation, key provisions of which were rolled back during the era of President Trump. Now, the Biden administration is restoring many of these, including federal regulations that set out the basis for environmental reviews of major infrastructure projects such as highways. These reviews were previously considerably watered down under Trump so that projects such as gas pipelines could simply be pushed through with no review or...
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