HomeMagazine2020September 2020, Vol. 247, No. 9Pro-Pipeline Changes to NEPA Challenged

September 2020, Vol. 247, No. 9

Government

Pro-Pipeline Changes to NEPA Challenged

By Stephen Barlas, Contributing Editor, Washington D.C. One lawsuit has already been filed contesting the Trump administration’s July pro-pipeline changes to the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA). The White House Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ) gave the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) new authority to discount greenhouse gas emissions when approving applications for new interstate pipeline construction.  That was the major – but not the only – boost to pipeline construction provided by CEQ when it published new NEPA rules, which, among other things, constrict the kinds of “effects” federal agencies must consider when prepa

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