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When a President Rescinds a Memo
Among the provisions of President Trump’s executive order on climate change was this: Section 3(c) The Council on Environmental Quality shall rescind its final guidance entitled “Final Guidance for Federal for Federal Departments and Agencies on...March 30, 2017 34 0 -
Conference Announcement: NEPA in Transition
This “special institute” from the good folks at the Rocky Mountain Mineral Law Foundation is worth noting. Set for November 2-3, 2017, in Denver with a star-studded cast, it should be worth much more than the...March 23, 2017 36 0 -
DAPL: The Winter of Trump’s Environmental Agenda?
The world waits as the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals weighs the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe’s (SRST) appeal in their case opposing the Army Corps of Engineers’ approval of the Dakota Access Pipeline (DAPL) crossing Lake...March 6, 2017 97 0 -
What’s the Real Value of a Tony Washington Address?
The mainstream media may be too wrapped up in the White House’s latest flogging of egos and dignity to have noticed this little NEPA tremor yesterday: the Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ) was evicted from its...February 25, 2017 110 1 -
Standing Rock: See You in Court!
The Trump Administration ordered the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to do exactly what we at the Lab said back in December would seriously undermine the credibility of the United States: it reversed the Corps’ decision...February 17, 2017 82 0 -
When #MAGA Met NEPA: An Executive Order Without Style, Substance or Sting
On January 24th, President Trump issued one of his notorious executive orders (EOs)—this one to much less fanfare than some of the others. It was brief. It was surprisingly unnoticed by the media. Yet it took...February 14, 2017 111 0 -
What Else Is there to Say?
MoMa has an outstanding collection of twentieth century art (including Edward Ruscha’s antic classic OOF). Which understatement deserves another: President-elect Donald J. Trump promises to bring the unexpected back to NEPA. Indeed, Trump’s election has already...December 5, 2016 358 1 -
From an Eagle to a Birdie?
Windfarms and wildlife kills. With climate change mitigation growing in importance, it has quickly become a principal and troubled intersection in environmental regulation. Since 2007 when they were delisted from under the Endangered Species Act, eagles in...November 6, 2016 164 0 -
Social Cost of Carbon: Friend to Federal Energy Projects?
In a starchy article in The Electricity Journal earlier this year, researchers from the University of Wyoming argued that “parties should be prepared to offer substantive comments on the suitability and accuracy of quantitative analyses of...October 17, 2016 178 0 -
Bias v. NEPA: What if Informational Tools are Futile?
As we’ve written up at the Lab before, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) plays an absolutely vital role in permitting and governing the nation’s energy infrastructure. And that vests it with a leading role in...October 8, 2016 271 0
