CEQ Faces Multi-State Suit Seeking To Reinstate Trump-Era NEPA Rule

A coalition of 20 Republican-led states is suing the White House Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ) over its newly finalized “phase 2” National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) implementing rule, urging a federal district court to vacate the rule and replace it with a prior version the Trump administration issued in 2020. The May 21 suit , State of Iowa, et al. v. CEQ, et al., was filed in U.S. District Court for the District of North Dakota and is...