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| Tue, 12th Oct 2021 15:42:00 |
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It’s Tuesday, October 12, and the Biden administration is restoring environmental regulations weakened by Trump |
Last week, the White House announced a proposal to restore climate-related elements of the government’s environmental review process for infrastructure projects.
By reversing a Trump-era rollback of the National Environmental Policy Act, or NEPA, the proposed changes would bring back the requirement that federal agencies evaluate the full range of a project’s environmental effects — including climate change–related impacts. The plan would also expand the agencies’ ability to analyze alternative approaches that could minimize environmental harms and public health costs.
The Biden administration announcement was lauded by environmental groups, while opponents of the plan in the fossil fuel industry said it could impede efforts to upgrade the nation’s bridges, highways, and other infrastructure.
In the coming months, the White House plans to introduce a second set of proposed changes to NEPA that would ensure greater public involvement in the review process and, more broadly, promote decision-making that addresses the nation’s climate goals and environmental justice challenges.
“The basic community safeguards we are proposing to restore would help ensure that American infrastructure gets built right the first time, and delivers real benefits — not harms — to people who live nearby,” said Brenda Mallory, who chairs the White House Council on Environmental Quality, in a statement.
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