Environmentalists Urge CEQ To Hike GHG Scrutiny In NEPA Climate Guide

Environmental groups are urging the White House to bolster aspects of its recent guidance on climate in National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) reviews -- including steps to sharpen agencies’ “substitution analysis” in ways that would make it easier to justify rejecting fossil fuel development projects based on greenhouse gas emissions. “[S]ubstitution analysis as practiced by most agencies today is fraught with error, undermines the central goal of NEPA to present a clear picture of GHG emissions, and is an obvious...