NEPA – CFACT

How NEPA stands in the way of American mineral security

Over-burdensome and impossibly complex regulations like the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) of 1969 are partially responsible for our current security crisis.

By Farrell Gregory |2024-12-26T08:42:00-05:00December 29th, 2024|Comments Off

Feds say “damn the whales” in the Gulf of Maine

It seems not to have occurred to BOEM that a careful impact assessment under NEPA is essential before any leases are offered.

By David Wojick |2024-07-01T09:49:01-04:00July 1st, 2024|Comments Off

Biden NEPA rule faces stiff legal challenges

NEPA’s procedures have become so time-consuming that they have tied up infrastructure and other projects for years.

By Bonner Cohen, Ph. D. |2023-10-11T09:30:06-04:00October 11th, 2023|Comments Off

The grid gets NERC’d and NEPA’d

In case you don't have enough government acronyms in your life, or if you just love alphabet soup, here are two often overlooked government/quasi-government entities that are now front and center when it comes to keeping our lights on and our economy rolling.

By Craig Rucker |2022-06-03T16:43:25-04:00June 3rd, 2022|Comments Off

Biden’s rollback of NEPA reforms may haunt Green energy projects

The NEPA process is notorious for its red tape and litigation, which put many projects on hold indefinitely and led to the abandonment of numerous others.

By Bonner Cohen, Ph. D. |2022-06-03T09:51:09-04:00June 2nd, 2022|Comments Off

Elon Musk unloads on ESG, calls it a ‘scam’

Tesla CEO Elon Musk unloads on Environment, Social, and Governance (ESG) principles in wake of his company being removed from the S&P 500 Global ESG List.

By Gabriella Hoffman |2022-05-24T16:48:23-04:00May 20th, 2022|Comments Off

White House moves to speed up approval of infrastructure projects under NEPA

Hoping to break the logjam that, for decades, has held up construction projects throughout the United States, the Trump administration Jan. 9 rolled out sweeping reforms of the 50-year-old National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA).

By CFACT Ed, Bonner Cohen, Ph. D. |2020-01-15T21:28:39-05:00January 15th, 2020|Comments Off

Reining in the monster That is NEPA

The National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) is a nearly 50-year-old federal statute that has come to symbolize Washington’s bureaucratic inertia.

By Christina Norman |2019-03-20T08:26:53-04:00March 19th, 2019|Comments Off