Multiple federal agencies have rolled out new rules for implementing the National Environmental Policy Act, or NEPA, as the ...

A well-intended law grew into a vast regulatory bog that sucks projects into years of paperwork.

Another Big Week for NEPA: New Federal Procedures and a Big Beautiful Bill Benefit by: Ann D. Navaro , Taylor M. Stuart , Jacob R. Brandes of Bracewell LLP - Bracewell Blog Monday, July 7, 2025 ...

Even though Westerman’s bill is enraging many Democrats and environmental advocates, NEPA changes could get House Republicans more enthusiastic about a permitting grand bargain.

Large, sweeping reforms to NEPA are a priority for Republican lawmakers — and could be included in a bill merging the House reform measure with the bipartisan Senate permitting reform bill ...

Congress enacted NEPA in 1969 after the environmentalist movement emerged as a major force in American politics. In its most basic form, NEPA created environmental guardrails for other federal ...

Currently, NEPA implementation is governed by a framework of CEQ’s 2024 regulations and agency-specific NEPA procedures that are built upon CEQ’s 1978 regulations.

[co-author: Alexia Zolenski, 2025 Summer Associate] New NEPA Limits on the Horizon. It has been a year of major change for the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA), marked by various court ...