Tag Archive for "NEPA" - Union of Concerned Scientists

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October 27, 2025

The NEPA Rollback Is a Direct Assault On Democracy, Here’s What You Need to Know

Guest Commentary

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May 28, 2025

The Crumbling of Bedrock Environmental Policy: We Need to Protect NEPA

David Watkins
Director of Government Affairs, Climate & Energy Program

The White House lawn with construction cranes on it representing a rollback of regulations--this event was held in 2020 to celebrate rolling back NEPA, the subject of this post.

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May 8, 2025

The Trump Administration Is Attacking the Science in the National Environmental Policy Act

Kristie Ellickson
Senior Scientist

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March 4, 2025

Transportation Burdens Add to All that Communities Are Already Facing

Kevin X. Shen
Northeast Transportation Policy Analyst/Advocate

A young person plays basketball behind a truck stop restaurant as emissions spew out of a large stack nearby at the coal-fired Morgantown Generating Station on the Potomac River in Newburg, Maryland.

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September 4, 2024

New Energy Permitting Legislation: One Step Forward, Too Many Steps Back

David Watkins
Director of Government Affairs, Climate & Energy Program

A lithium mine supervisor inspects an evaporation pond of lithium-rich brine in the Atacama Desert in Salar de Atacama, Chile.

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August 1, 2024

Battery Minerals: A Common Fight Over Uncommon Things

David Watkins
Director of Government Affairs, Climate & Energy Program

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June 14, 2024

‘Project 2025’ Would Be Disastrous for Our Nation and Our Climate

Rachel Cleetus
Policy Director

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September 27, 2023

NEPA, the “Magna Carta” of Federal Environmental Laws, May Be About to Improve

David Watkins
Director of Government Affairs, Climate & Energy Program

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April 20, 2022

Restoring Public Interest to the National Environmental Policy Act Process

Andrew Rosenberg
Former Contributor

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October 8, 2021

Critical Protections Restored for NEPA, the Nation’s Bedrock Environmental Law

Kathleen Rest
Former Executive Director

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March 8, 2020

Environmental Racism in Action: The Trump Administration’s Plans to Gut NEPA

Derrick Z. Jackson
Former Fellow

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January 30, 2020

A Conversation with the NEPA Ninja

Adrienne Hollis
Former Contributor

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January 27, 2020

America’s Wetlands: Vital, Ignored, and Now Defined Away by the Trump Administration

Genna Reed
Former Staff

White House

January 21, 2020

Secretary Perdue and the Trump Administration See Environmental Regulation as a Weapon. That’s Not Just Dumb, It’s Dangerous.

Karen Perry Stillerman
Deputy Director

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January 15, 2020

How the Trump Administration Plans to Gut Our Nation’s Bedrock Environmental Law

Kathleen Rest
Former Executive Director

C-SPAN

January 4, 2018

Anti-Science Nominee Kathleen Hartnett-White Faces Renewed Scrutiny for Top Environmental Post

Kathleen Rest
Former Executive Director