Environmentalists file third suit over CEQ NEPA rule

August 7, 2020
A coalition of environmental justice (EJ) groups is challenging the White House Council on Environmental Quality’s (CEQ) final rule to streamline how agencies implement the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA), the third such suit to be filed in federal district court since CEQ completed the rule last month. The new suit , Environmental Justice Health Alliance, et al. v. CEQ, et al. , in U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York, specifically focuses on the effect the...


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