U.S. environmental policy is set out in NEPA §101(a), which declares a continuing federal policy to use all practicable means to promote the general welfare and maintain conditions under which humans and nature can exist in productive harmony for present and future generations. NEPA and its implementing regulations were largely stable until 2020, when the Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ) substantially rewrote the regulations. In 2023, Congress amended NEPA through the F

The Standardizing Permitting and Expediting Economic Development (SPEED) Act wants to repeal NEPA without appearing to do so. The NEPA...

New Echota, Georgia Worcester v. Georgia  (1832) was a landmark Supreme Court case in which the court ruled that the Cherokee Nation was...

The environmental policy of the United States is found in NEPA Section 101(a) and states ". ..it is the continuing policy of the Federal...

There have been many changes to the NEPA statute and the CEQ regulations over the last few years. In the last few months, there were two...

The Jean Charles Choctaw Nation of Isle de Jean Charles, a barrier island about 80 miles south of New Orleans, Louisiana, are considered...