D.C. Circuit Upholds Surprise Panel Ruling Blocking CEQ’s NEPA Rule

February 3, 2025
The full D.C. Circuit is declining to review a surprise panel decision that the White House Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ) lacks authority to issue binding National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) rules, letting stand a decision that the Trump administration has already cited as its basis for revoking the regulations. In a Jan. 31 order , the full U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit left in place the controversial portion of the Nov. 12 panel decision...


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