Oil Group Downplays Effect Of NEPA GHG Ruling But Urges Hill Response

An oil and gas industry group is arguing that the Interior Department (DOI) can easily remedy a recent appellate court ruling requiring analysis of the cumulative greenhouse gas effects of its oil drilling approvals under the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA). But even as the industry group says DOI could quickly clarify that current law does not require the level of analysis environmentalists seek, it is also pressing Congress to revise the NEPA statute to limit the scope of any...