US EditionSupreme Court limits environmental review of major infrastructure projects
- On January 18, the U.S. Supreme Court unanimously approved an 88-mile railway project in Utah designed to support increased oil production, following an appeal by the project's proponents to the high court.
- The appeal arose after a lower court ruled the environmental review insufficient for not addressing broad impacts, a view the Supreme Court reversed.
- The project aims to quadruple oil production in a remote sandstone and sagebrush area by connecting producers to wider rail networks and larger markets.
- Justice Brett Kavanaugh wrote that it is up to regulators to determine the appropriate scope of factors to consider, emphasizing that the National Environmental Policy Act does not mandate a specific method for evaluating environmental consequences.
- The ruling favors oil and gas companies by limiting environmental review scope, but the project may still face regulatory hurdles and legal challenges.
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SCOTUS decision puts Uinta Basin railroad project back on track - Complete Colorado
DENVER–The U.S. Supreme Court recently gave the go ahead to a Utah-based railroad project that will eventually haul crude oil along a stretch of the Colorado River, despite opposition from various environmental groups and local governments including Eagle County, which originally brought a lawsuit against the project as plaintiff. The 88 mile-long Uinta Basin railroad project would connect oil-rich areas of Utah to existing track that runs throu…
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Supreme Court changes the game on federal environmental reviews
A pumpjack in eastern Utah extracts oil from underground. AP Photo/Rick BowmerGetting federal approval for permits to build bridges, wind farms, highways and other major infrastructure projects has long been a complicated and time-consuming process. Despite growing calls from both parties for Congress and federal agencies to reform that process, there had been few significant revisions – until now. In one fell swoop, the U.S. Supreme Court has c…
The Supreme Court Just Started a Permitting Revolution - R Street Institute
Data supports the idea that NEPA holds back clean energy projects, but that is partly because it holds back so many kinds of projects. The R Street Institute, a center-right think tank, has found that 42% of projects stalled by NEPA involved green infrastructure or conservation. The post The Supreme Court Just Started a Permitting Revolution appeared first on R Street Institute.
The Supreme Court Just Started a Permitting Revolution
A new chapter opened for one of the country’s most important environmental laws this week.On Thursday, the Supreme Court transformed the National Environmental Policy Act, or NEPA, an environmental permitting law that affects virtually every decision that the federal government makes. The quasi-unanimous ruling limits the law’s scope and cuts off future avenues for challenging energy and infrastructure projects under the law. It could reshape th…
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