In the latest reversal of a Trump-era environmental rollback, President Biden is restoring federal regulations guiding environmental reviews of major infrastructure projects such as highways and pipelines.
Nominee for Chair of the Council on Environmental Quality, Brenda Mallory, speaks at the Queen theater on Dec. 19, 2020 in Wilmington, De.WASHINGTON — In the latest reversal of a Trump-era environmental rollback, President Joe Biden is restoring federal regulations guiding environmental reviews of major infrastructure projects such as highways and pipelines.
Contrary to assertions by the Trump administration, Mallory and other White House officials said, the new rule will actually speed up completion of major projects, since a rigorous review is more likely to withstand a legal challenge by environmental groups or states. ManyEnvironmental groups and African American, Latino and tribal activists had, saying it would worsen pollution in areas already reeling from oil refineries, chemical plants and other hazardous sites.
Rosalie Winn, a senior attorney for the Environmental Defense Fund, said the new rule will allow agencies to consider climate change and other cumulative effects as they weigh major infrastructure projects, including a number that would be authorized underThe Environmental Defense Fund was among environmental groups that challenged the Trump-era rule in court. Those cases are now on hold.
“We definitely saw during the Trump administration a real failure to follow requirements under NEPA and other laws that ultimately did slow down and halt a number of their actions,″ she said.
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