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Want to build a new high-speed rail or hyperloop project? Well, it will take DOT 6 years to process your environmental review. If you make any design changes during that time, you have to start over.pic.twitter.com/3s24pdxwkZ
Literally, an agency’s environmental review can say “This project will lead to a 487 new cases of cancer and 1284 premature births, but we decided the project is a good idea anyway.” All NEPA does is privilege the status quo. Zero substantive protection. Burn it to the ground.
This statement by @SpeakerPelosi is untrue. NEPA provides no substantive protection to ensure cleaner water. If you want cleaner water, strengthen the Clean Water Act.pic.twitter.com/nzA3S3IdQz
NEPA also *harms* the environment because it applies equally to new clean infrastructure projects that will on net reduce pollution. It’s a stupid way to “protect” the environment. Just set clear standards about what is allowed and let projects move forward quickly.
Here is a quote from the opening paragraph of the decision of the first major NEPA case. Wright was right that NEPA would lead to a flood of litigation. And he was right that it would slow down material progress, as the period since 1973 has been dubbed the Great Stagnation.pic.twitter.com/yAWMRT4sq4
Literally every recent president has tried to do something about NEPA. Here’s an Obama memorandum trying to speed up environmental review. https://obamawhitehouse.archives.gov/the-press-office/2011/08/31/presidential-memorandum-speeding-infrastructure-development-through-more … And here’s an Obama EO. https://obamawhitehouse.archives.gov/the-press-office/2012/03/22/executive-order-improving-performance-federal-permitting-and-review-infr … Don’t let your opposition to Trump fool you on this one.
Here’s a fun fact. CEQ regulations state that environmental impact statements should normally be less than 150 pages. https://www.law.cornell.edu/cfr/text/40/1502.7 … In fact, the mean length from 2013-2017 was 669 pages with 1037 pages of appendices. Literally 10x what the regulations say.
Reforming NEPA could be the poster child for what @tylercowen calls State Capacity Libertarianism. https://marginalrevolution.com/marginalrevolution/2020/01/what-libertarianism-has-become-and-will-become-state-capacity-libertarianism.html …
If you set out deliberately to destroy state capacity to develop modern infrastructure and clean energy, you would want to pass something like NEPA.
Not an EPA regulation (and it doesn’t protect the planet)https://twitter.com/MikeBloomberg/status/1215320410373414913 …
Does not affect drinking water standardshttps://twitter.com/RepBarbaraLee/status/1215364368977801216 …
Good for high-speed rail and good for Americanshttps://twitter.com/SenatorMenendez/status/1215346837659496450 …
Canada passed the Canadian Environmental Assessment Act in 2012. It:
- Reduced the scope of the federal government in reviews
- Limited timeline to 2 years
- Only “directly affected” parties can intervene
So Trump is trying to make us more like Canada.

Here’s an example of how NEPA review has harmed an offshore wind project, as reported by known right-wing news site @WBURhttps://www.wbur.org/earthwhile/2019/08/09/vineyard-wind-project-delayed …
The official proposed NEPA reg changes are now live: https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2020-01-10/pdf/2019-28106.pdf …
As @EnergyLawProf notes, the changes largely codify existing case law.
Part I of the preamble also has a nice NEPA explainer for those new to the issue.https://twitter.com/EnergyLawProf/status/1215494413549481985 …
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