August2014
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The Express to Where?
Just released is a much-anticipated FEIS from the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE). It concerns the construction of a 330+ mile interconnection that has been proposed to take electricity from where it is relatively cheap and...August 22, 2014 559 0 -
NEPA Update at ELI
The folks at the Environmental Law Institute hosted a “NEPA Update” talk on 8/19 at 5 EDT in their offices in D.C. Details here. The speaker was the esteemed Nicholas Yost, author of the newly released NEPA...August 19, 2014 520 0 -
The Wildfire Fix? NEPA’s Role in the Forest (Fire) Service’s Nightmare
A month-long August recess feels like the right time to reflect on Congress’s seeming inability to correct agency procedures, culture, and leadership priorities on wildfire, public lands, and risk. The intersection of these three has been roiled...August 17, 2014 642 0 -
Decision Analysis: The Core of NEPA
NEPA as implemented has become synonymous with a series of pre-fabricated, mostly mandatory routines. The Administrative Procedure Act (APA) and 1978 Council on Environmental (CEQ) regulations combine to create the boundaries that form these routines. The...August 10, 2014 688 0 -
NEPA As “Joint Cognitive System”
Those who try to fit data and automated data systems together with humans—for whom cognition is always a limiting factor—think of these systems of as joint cognitive systems. One core principle of joint cognitive systems engineering...August 10, 2014 893 0 -
Cyanobacteria: NYTimes Calls Out a Soon-to-be Frequent Menace
When nutrient runoff-affecting actions are taken, NEPA agencies should consider the possibility that the nutrients they will contribute to a surface water will cause or contribute to an algal bloom–some of which (as Toledo just found...August 8, 2014 741 0
