The Director of the federal Office of Management and Budget (OMB) issued on November 2 a memorandum to the heads of all departments and agencies of the Federal Government providing guidance on how to implement a new rule that was adopted in July that revises procedures of the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA).
Trump administration taps mainstream climate scientist to run key climate review
- – The Washington Post – 11/4/20
Comments Filed Opposing Endangered Species Act Modification
Sixty-Four conservation organizations, including ABRA and several of its members, filed comments on September 3 with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and the National Marine Fisheries Service in response to a proposal by the two agencies to define “habitat” in the regulations governing the Endangered Species Act (ESA).
SELC op-ed: Great American Outdoors Act is monumental for the South
- – Southern Environmental Law Center – 8/24/20
Forest Service to release new report on Mountain Valley’s impacts on Jefferson National Forest
- – The Roanoke Times – 7/31/20
Defeat of Atlantic Coast Pipeline rooted in homegrown legal strategy
- – Richmond Times-Dispatch – 7/24/20
Mountain Valley Pipeline is a prime example of national permitting failure
- – Virginia Mercury – 7/17/20
Thanks to National Victories, Fight Against New Jersey’s Pipelines Picks Up Steam
- – Next City – 7/23/20
Trump Administration Finalizes Rule to “Gut” NEPA
President Trump announced on July 15 the issuance of a final rule to significantly revise the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA). The changes in NEPA, first proposed by the President in January, would require that Environmental Impact Statements,
Ag Secretary Perdue Orders Regulatory Streamlining of National Forests
Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue has announced a major streamlining of regulatory processes under the management of the U.S. Forest Service (USFS). In a June 12 memorandum to the Chief of the Forest Service Perdue directed that the USFS increase the productivity of National Forests and Grasslands,