CEQ’s NEPA Proposal Returns Climate Impacts To Forefront Of Analyses

A new proposal by the White House Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ) that floats three core changes for how agencies implement the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) means that climate considerations will return to the forefront and reverse Trump officials’ efforts to limit such considerations, sources say. The proposed rule will be published in the Oct. 7 Federal Register , kicking off a 45-day public comment period. It outlines changes to several important aspects of the NEPA implementing regulations, which...