Bringing NEPA Back to Basics - The CGO

If we are to address the challenges of our time, whether they be climate change or the emergence of strategic adversaries, we must not let NEPA keep one hand tied behind our backs.

Bringing NEPA back to basics Every year, federal agencies undertake thousands of environmental reviews under the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA). These reviews add months or years of delay to every noncategorically excluded federal decision. They also add cost and risk for private companies seeking federal permission or funding to execute on projects that are often in the public interest. It is doubtful that Congress intended for NEPA to have such wide-ranging effects. A plain reading of the relevant section of the NEPA statute suggests that its main intent is good government: an inte

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