ACTIVISTS SAY REVISED NEPA REVIEW FAILS TO ADDRESS CLIMATE IMPACTS

Environmentalists are arguing that the federal government has failed to comply with the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) in a revised review of the air quality impacts of a proposed railroad project that will transport Western coal to Midwestern power plants, because the new analysis fails to address greenhouse gas emissions from burning the coal. The Sierra Club and the Mid States Coalition for Progress, a group representing local landowners, say in their July 5 opening brief in Mayo Foundation,...