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National Environmental Policy Act

May 30, 2025

SCOTUS reins in environmental review for infrastructure projects

The Supreme Court ruled 8-0 that the National Environmental Policy Act doesn’t require federal agencies to engage in environmental review that analyzes the indirect impacts of an infrastructure project.

Sep 1, 2023

Judge rules old-growth logging violates laws

PENDLETON, Ore. (AP) — A federal judge has found that a Trump-era rule change that allowed for the logging of old-growth forests in the Pacific Northwest violates several laws. U.S. Magistrate Judge Andrew Hallman on Thursday found that the U.S. Forest Service violated the National Environmental Policy Act, the National Forest Management Act and the Endangered Species Act when it amended a prote[...]


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