"The White House over the weekend formally moved to scrap rules issued under the National Environmental Policy Act since the 1970s."
"The Trump administration is moving to pull back almost five decades’ of rules crafted and imposed under the National Environmental Policy Act, a foundational statute widely known as the “magna carta” of environmental laws.
The White House signaled on Saturday it plans to issue an interim final rule to rescind all regulations that the Council on Environmental Quality has issued to implement the law since 1977, when President Jimmy Carter signed an order directing the agency to issue rules under NEPA.
While the rule, dubbed “Removal of National Environmental Policy Act Implementing Regulations,” has not yet been released, it’s already fueling questions and anxiety in the legal and environmental world around whether the administration will ultimately gut protections and public process as Trump officials conduct reviews."
Hannah Northey reports for E&E News February 18, 2025.
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