CEQ Floats New Draft NEPA Guide To Assess Climate Impacts On Projects

The White House Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ) has issued new draft guidance for assessing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions under the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA), adding first-time language that requires the analyses to also include the impact of climate change on projects -- a measure that is being welcomed by advocates, who are also pressing CEQ to finalize the long-delayed NEPA GHG guide. While advocates have also long urged CEQ to craft policy on how to conduct such “reverse...