Morning Brief: CEQ chief stresses speed in Trump NEPA rule review

Brenda Mallory, the chairwoman of the White House Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ), is stressing the need for quick action as the council reviews the Trump administration’s rule overhauling environmental review procedures, arguing it is creating permitting uncertainty for clean energy and other low-carbon projects. The Biden administration wants to go “as quickly as possible” on its review of the Trump rule overhauling National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) implementing procedures, Mallory said in an interview with The Hill . “We...