Environmentalists Ask Full Court To Reverse ‘Dangerous’ CEQ NEPA Ruling

Environmentalists are asking the full U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit to reverse a “demonstrably dangerous” split panel ruling that held the White House Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ) lacks authority to issue binding rules for implementing the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA). Attorneys with Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility and Earthjustice filed a Nov. 27 petition for panel rehearing or en banc review in Marin Audubon Society, et al. v. Federal Aviation Administration, et...