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 ...

On January 8, 2026, the White House Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ) published a final rule adopting—without change—its ...

The Trump administration wants to make it easier for infrastructure and energy projects to get off the ground. It sees ...

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 ...

Trump has acted to cut through the NEPA regulation quagmire.

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.

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 ...

President Trump’s deregulation effort has already delivered permitting reform. Today, the Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ) took the final ...

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 ...

A process the Interior Department laid out to fast-track environmental reviews is rife with legal risks for both agencies and developers, experts say. President Donald Trump’s move to cut ...