Vermont Law

AUGUST 3, 2020

What is NEPA? NEPA) in 1970 to set the environmental policy for the United States. the quality of the human and natural environment triggers the procedural process of NEPA. NEPA process, but each follows the same general principles. NEPA process. NASA and NEPA. appropriate level of NEPA review.

Law 52

Law 2015 Regulations 2021 52

Law Columbia

JANUARY 10, 2019

4th 204 (2015) (invalidating EIR because agency determination that project’s emissions were consistent with statewide emission reduction goals and therefore insignificant was not supported by a reasoned explanation based on substantial evidence); Friends of Oroville v. 4th 369 (2015) ; Ballona Wetlands Land Trust v. 4th 455 (2d.

Climate Change 40

Climate Change Greenhouse 2013 Renewable Energy 40

Law Columbia

NOVEMBER 1, 2016

Ninth Circuit Upheld Forest Service Determination That Climate Change Documents Did Not Require Supplemental NEPA Review for Ski Area. Environmental groups had identified five categories of new information since the 2004 preparation of an EIS that they contended warranted supplemental review under the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA).

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2016 Climate Change Fossil Fuels Greenhouse 40

Law Columbia

JULY 6, 2017

The court rejected the argument that claims against the original and 2012 versions of the LCFS were moot, noting that these earlier versions affected how credits were calculated under the 2015 version. Environmental Groups Filed NEPA Challenge of Montana Coal Mine Expansion. Buffalo Field Campaign v. Zinke , No. June 9, 2017).

2017 40

2017 Clean Air Act Climate Change Renewable Energy 40

Law Columbia

MARCH 6, 2018

The plaintiffs’ complaint asserting National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA), Clean Water Act, and Rivers and Harbors Act violations included allegations that the U.S. California Federal Court Found Inadequate Analysis of Climate Change Impacts on Water Transfer Project Under NEPA But Said Analysis Satisfied CEQA Requirements.

2018 40

2018 Clean Air Act Climate Change Endangered Species Act 40

ESA

JUNE 14, 2021

NEPA: The Council on Environmental Quality has a three-step plan related to the National Environmental Policy Act rules, which guide federal permitting decisions and other actions. The first two would reverse a Trump-era update to CEQ’s NEPA rules. The agenda also lists an October 2022 target for finalizing the rule.

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2021 Endangered Species Act Ocean Climate Change 98