Groups Seek To Expand Precedent Requiring EJ Review In NEPA Analyses

Civil rights groups are urging a federal district court in Pennsylvania to adopt a 2017 precedent requiring federal agencies to consider mitigating the environmental justice (EJ) implications of major federal projects under the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) in an effort that would expand the precedent to another court. In the suit, pending in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania, the NAACP Erie Unit 2262 and Citizens for Pennsylvania’s Future are arguing that the Federal Highway...