EPN Submits Comments on DOT Proposal for Significant Changes to NEPA Regulations
EPN Submits Comments on Proposed Revisions to Regulations Implementing the National Environmental Policy Act
EPN Presents Testimony on Proposed Revisions to Regulations Implementing the National Environmental Policy Act
EPN Comments on Draft NEPA Analysis and Documentation Guidance for Greenhouse Gas Emissions
EPN and Save EPA Oppose Ending NEPA Rating System Without Public Review and Comment
EPN and Save EPA Comment on Possible Revisions of Regulations Implementing the National Environmental Policy Act
EPN IN THE NEWS RELATED TO NEPA
Round Two of Environment Permit Change to Ask: Revert or Refine?
Cheryl Wasserman, former Associate Director for Policy Analysis, EPA Office of Enforcement and Compliance Assurance, was quoted in this article discussing what may be included in a second rulemaking on the National Environmental Protection Act that the White House Council on Environmental Quality intends to propose in 2022.
Biden Takes Big Step on Rules for Environmental Reviews
Mustafa Santiago Ali, Vice President of Environmental Justice, Climate, and Community Revitalization for the National Wildlife Federation; former EPA Senior Advisor for Environmental Justice and Community Revitalization; and former EPA Assistant Associate Administrator for Environmental Justice, and Cheryl Wasserman, former Associate Director for Policy Analysis, EPA Office of Enforcement and Compliance Assurance, were quoted in this article about an announced rulemaking from the White House Council on Environmental Quality that would change the way environmental reviews mandated by the National Environmental Protection Act are approached, undoing several Trump-era regulatory rollbacks.
White House Restoring Environmental Reviews for Big Projects
Mustafa Santiago Ali, Vice President of Environmental Justice, Climate, and Community Revitalization for the National Wildlife Federation; former EPA Senior Advisor for Environmental Justice and Community Revitalization; and former EPA Assistant Associate Administrator for Environmental Justice, was quoted in this article regarding the announcement from the White House Council on Environmental Quality that it will restore key provisions of the National Environmental Protection Act, federal regulations that regulate major infrastructure projects that had been dramatically overhauled by the Trump administration. Mustafa was quoted in related articles appearing in Reuters, Bloomberg Law, Courthouse News Service, and Common Dreams.
A Legal Pillar of Environmental Justice is Now Under Attack
Rob Verchick, EPN member; Loyola University law professor; president of the Center for Progressive Reform; and former Deputy Assistant Administrator, EPA Office of Policy, co-authored this op-ed discussing the ways industry has been using the infrastructure bill to attempt to strip the authority of the National Environmental Protection Act.