Federal and state policymakers are beginning to integrate AI technology for use in National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) reviews and permitting processes. A recent Department of the Interior (DOI) ...

On May 1, 2024, the White House Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ) published its Bipartisan Permitting Reform Implementation Rule (Rule), which is also known as the Phase 2 National Environmental ...

DoE trims NEPA paperwork for advanced reactors The Department of Energy says advanced nuclear reactor designs - many of which ...

The U.S. Department of Energy wants to exempt advanced nuclear power facilities from one of the nation's key environmental laws. The post To build nuclear faster, energy dept. pitches bypassing ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Monica Sanders covers climate justice and sustainability from the DMV. The Biden-Harris administration has finalized significant ...

U.S. Supreme Court justices heard oral arguments Dec. 10 in a case that, when decided next year, could reshape the scope of federal environmental reviews of critical U.S. infrastructure projects. The ...

Multiple federal agencies have rolled out new rules for implementing the National Environmental Policy Act, or NEPA, as the Trump administration aims to expedite environmental reviews. However, ...

The National Environmental Policy Act has not been immune to changes since President Richard Nixon signed it into law 55 years ago. Under the direction of President Donald Trump and Republicans in ...

The Supreme Court will hear oral arguments in ‘Seven County Infrastructure Coalition v. Eagle County, Colorado’—the first major NEPA dispute before the court in 20 years. In the 1993 movie Jurassic ...

An examination of National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) requirements for upstream and midstream oil and gas development ...

The National Environmental Policy Act was ahead of its time when it passed in 1970, but experts say time has passed the review process by. The federal government is weighing a 21st-century makeover to ...