Environmentalists urge court to reconsider ruling blocking NEPA rules

January 28, 2025
Environmentalists are renewing their push for the full D.C. Circuit to reconsider a split panel’s surprise ruling finding the Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ) lacks authority to issue binding National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) rules, pressing the court to ignore Trump administration calls to delay deciding whether to grant en banc review. In a Jan. 23 letter , attorneys for the environmentalists urged the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit to grant their petition for en banc...


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