White House Chief of Staff Ron Klain issued January 20 a memorandum to the heads of all federal executive departments and agencies directing that new pending rules be held up until the President’s appointees or designees “have the opportunity to review them.” The January 20 memorandum directs that rules that have been sent to the Office of the Federal Register not be published.
Virginia groups sue U.S. Forest Service over new environmental review standards
- – Virginia Mercury – 1/11/21
Trump administration taps mainstream climate scientist to run key climate review
- – The Washington Post – 11/4/20
Dominion’s pipeline coating concerns still unaddressed; more review needed
- – The Recorder – 9/10/20
Mountain Valley Pipeline construction won’t jeopardize protected species, federal review says
- – The Roanoke Times – 9/4/20
FERC faces environmental justice reckoning
Book Recommendation: The Next Great Migration
The Next Great Migration: The Beauty and Terror of Life on the Move by Sonia Shah (Bloomsbury, 2020) fascinatingly explores why species migrate – humans, animals and plants. Shah, author of the best-selling book Pandemic,
New Review Highlights At-Risk Species in ACP’s Path
Risks to certain species in the path of the now-cancelled Atlantic Coast Pipeline were underestimated in the project’s Final Environmental Impact Statement (FEIS), according to a recent analysis submitted July 4 to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and filed with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission.
Study counters claim that NEPA hobbles projects
- – E&E Greenwire – 5/5/20
Federal reviews delay Mountain Valley Pipeline yet again
- – The Roanoke Times – 3/27/20