CEQ Nominee Sees ‘Challenge’ Speeding NEPA For Low-Carbon Projects

Brenda Mallory, President Joe Biden’s nominee to lead the White House Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ), told senators during her confirmation process that the administration faces a “challenge” in speeding approval of low-carbon infrastructure projects while also restoring a more-rigorous environmental review process. “Finding a way to ensure that [the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA)] is serving its multiple purposes in a way that allows the president’s full agenda to be met [is] the challenge we face,” Mallory said in...