NEPA
Trump Touts Infrastructure Permitting Reforms
President Donald Trump by Chris Carlson/Associated Press
The administration’s recent aim at advancing infrastructure projects through environmental permitting changes was touted by President Donald Trump.
August 25, 2020Congressional Democrats Press White House for NEPA Docs
At UPS Inc.’s hub in Atlanta on July 15, Trump outlined reforms to the National Environmental Policy Act. (Evan Vucci/AP)
Several Democrats on Capitol Hill are pressing the White House’s Council on Environmental Quality to provide information about projects that fall under an executive order regarding the National Environmental Policy Act.
August 11, 202021 State Attorneys General Sue Over New Trump Water Rule
President Donald Trump speaks about NEPA changes in February. (Evan Vucci/Associated Press)
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Attorneys general in 20 states and the District of Columbia sued the Trump administration July 21, alleging that new federal rules undermine their ability to protect rivers, lakes and streams within their borders.
July 21, 2020ATA Lauds Trump’s Environmental Permitting Reforms
“By streamlining infrastructure approvals, we’ll further expand America’s unprecedented economic boom,” Trump said at UPS' airport hub in Atlanta. (Evan Vucci/Associated Press)
President Donald Trump’s push to advance infrastructure projects through environmental permitting changes earned broad support across the freight industry.
July 15, 2020Sen. Ted Cruz Introduces NEPA Reform Bills
Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) by Carolyn Kaster/Associated Press
Two bills that would seek to make changes to the National Environmental Policy Act recently were introduced by Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas).
June 12, 2020Senate Democrats Offer Resolution Opposing NEPA Changes; Industry Stakeholders Push Back
Sen. Tom Carper (D-Del) by Jose Luis Magana/Associated Press
Delaware Sen. Tom Carper and fellow Democrats offered a resolution this month expressing their opposition to President Donald Trump’s efforts aimed at streamlining the permitting process outlined by the National Environmental Policy Act.
March 16, 2020Freight Stakeholders Advocate for Modernizing NEPA
Stakeholders meet at the U.S. Chamber of Commerce Feb. 24. (Eugene Mulero/Transport Topics)
WASHINGTON — The Trump administration’s effort to update long-standing federal environmental permitting guidelines received a resounding endorsement on Feb. 24 from a group of business and freight stakeholders.
February 24, 2020