The proposed overhaul will update how federal agencies implement the bedrock National Environmental Policy Act, a law aimed at ensuring the government protects the environment when reviewing or making decisions about major projects
, from building roads and bridges, cutting forests, expanding broadband to approving interstate pipelines like Keystone XL.The Trump administration will unveil new regulations on Wednesday, which would limit the types of projects like highways and pipelines that require environmental review and no longer require federal agencies to weigh their climate impacts, sources familiar with the plan said.
The White House Council on Environmental Quality is expected to announce that federal agencies will not be required to consider “cumulative” climate change impacts when considering federal projects, said two people familiar with the CEQ rule making.The CEQ oversees how nearly 80 government agencies meet their NEPA obligations.
“CEQ has conducted a thorough review of its NEPA implementing regulations and will soon issue a proposal to update those regulations to address the many concerns my Administration has heard from hard-working Americans, small businesses, and State and local officials,” Trump said. Environmental groups are concerned that by weakening NEPA implementation, the United States will lose a significant tool to combat and guard against climate change impacts and allow companies to harm local communities with less scrutiny.Christy Goldfuss, former chair of the CEQ between 2015 and 2017, said the Trump proposal would cause lasting damage.
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