The Trump administration wants to make it easier for infrastructure and energy projects to get off the ground. It sees ...

NEPA is a procedural statute that governs the environmental review process for all major federal actions, and its requirements are often blamed for the length of time it takes for infrastructure ...

But there is good news. The Trump administration, Congress, and the Supreme Court have all acted to cut through the mess known as the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA).

The Trump Administration has begun operationalizing its regulatory strategy for projects requiring evaluation under the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA). In this alert, we discuss two key ...

For years, energy companies, or any builders really, have been dramatically slowed down by NEPA. The process is notoriously slow and environmentalists weaponize the law to further block or slow down ...

For most of us, the phrase “government bureaucracy” calls to mind a mountain of paperwork. Last week, the Supreme Court heard a case concerning one of the major sources of such paperwork: the National ...

U.S. Transportation Secretary Sean P. Duffy announced on Monday that the Department of Transportation (USDOT) has released three updated sets of implementing procedures under the National ...

Multiple federal agencies have rolled out new rules for implementing the National Environmental Policy Act, or NEPA, as the Trump administration aims to expedite environmental reviews. However, ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. James Broughel is an economist focused on the economics of regulation. For decades, the National Environmental Policy Act has ...

Logging and grazing on public land are expected to reap benefits from a U.S. Supreme Court ruling that has limited the scope of a proposed railroad’s environmental review. Beyond its implications for ...