The U.S. Department of the Interior (DOI) announced on May 30 that it will invoke emergency permitting procedures to accelerate environmental review of select geothermal energy projects, with three ...

Over the past year, federal agencies have been reshaping their procedures for environmental reviews under the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) in response to several major legal developments.

Reviews for energy projects will require less public input and analysis under a governmentwide overhaul of the National Environmental Policy Act. Agencies are rewriting their National Environmental ...

The final rule streamlines environmental review processes for energy projects on federal lands, aiming to reduce approval times. It clarifies roles for federal, state, local, and tribal agencies, ...

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In February, the Interior Department, which manages 20 percent of America's land, unveiled a streamlined process for environmental review under the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA). The new ...