US Overhauls NEPA, But Energy Infrastructure Impacts Will Hinge on Election
Posted On July 15, 2020
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By Meghan Gordon, S&P Global Platts
Washington — The potential for energy projects to secure quicker permitting and face fewer court challenges as promised by the Trump administration’s rewriting of a bedrock US environmental policy may ultimately depend on the outcome of November’s presidential election.
President Donald Trump on July 15 announced a final rule to modify the 50-year-old National Environmental Policy Act, which requires federal agencies to consider environmental impacts of proposed projects like pipelines, highways and other infrastructure.
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