WASHINGTON — The Senate on Aug. 4 voted to overturn a Biden administration rule requiring rigorous environmental review of major infrastructure projects such as highways, pipelines and oil wells.
August 4, 2022NEPA
Government 
Sen. Joe Manchin, trailed by reporters on Aug. 4. (Manuel Balce Ceneta/Associated Press)
Senate Votes to Overturn Biden Environmental Rule
Sen. Joe Manchin, trailed by reporters on Aug. 4. (Manuel Balce Ceneta/Associated Press) Government, Business, Safety 
A grain truck drives past a Keystone pipeline pumping station near Milford, Neb., in January of 2020. Large projects like pipelines and highways will again be subject to environmental review under the White House plan. (Nati Harnik/Associated Press)
White House Restoring Environmental Reviews Trump Nixed
A grain truck drives past a Keystone pipeline pumping station near Milford, Neb., in January of 2020. Large projects like pipelines and highways will again be subject to environmental review under the White House plan. (Nati Harnik/Associated Press)WASHINGTON — In the latest reversal of a Trump-era environmental rollback, President Joe Biden is restoring federal regulations guiding environmental reviews of major infrastructure projects such as highways and pipelines. The reviews were scaled back by the Trump administration in a bid to fast-track the projects.
October 6, 2021 Government, Business 
Rep. Sam Graves (Andrew Harrer/Bloomberg News)
House Republicans Introduce NEPA Reform Bill
Rep. Sam Graves (Andrew Harrer/Bloomberg News)Republicans on the transportation panel in the U.S. House of Representatives recently introduced a bill designed to streamline aspects of the federal environmental permitting process.
April 19, 2021 Government, Business 
President Donald Trump by Chris Carlson/Associated Press
Trump Touts Infrastructure Permitting Reforms
President Donald Trump by Chris Carlson/Associated PressThe administration’s recent aim at advancing infrastructure projects through environmental permitting changes was touted by President Donald Trump.
August 25, 2020 Government, Safety 
At UPS Inc.’s hub in Atlanta on July 15, Trump outlined reforms to the National Environmental Policy Act. (Evan Vucci/AP)
Congressional 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, 2020 Government, Business 
President Donald Trump speaks about NEPA changes in February. (Evan Vucci/Associated Press)
21 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, 2020 Government, Business, Top 100 
“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)
ATA 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, 2020 Government 
Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) by Carolyn Kaster/Associated Press
Sen. Ted Cruz Introduces NEPA Reform Bills
Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) by Carolyn Kaster/Associated PressTwo bills that would seek to make changes to the National Environmental Policy Act recently were introduced by Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas).
June 12, 2020 Government, Business 
Sen. Tom Carper (D-Del) by Jose Luis Magana/Associated Press
Senate Democrats Offer Resolution Opposing NEPA Changes; Industry Stakeholders Push Back
Sen. Tom Carper (D-Del) by Jose Luis Magana/Associated PressDelaware 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, 2020 Government, Business 
Stakeholders meet at the U.S. Chamber of Commerce Feb. 24. (Eugene Mulero/Transport Topics)
Freight 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