Nepa

The American Petroleum Institute (API) called on the White House’s Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ) to rescind its proposal to mitigate both upstream and downstream greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions under the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA).  Directed by President Biden’s Executive Order 13990, NEPA reviews for oil and natural gas projects “should quantify proposed GHG…

The American Petroleum Institute (API) emphasized the U.S. role as an energy leader as it outlined steps lawmakers should take to “make, move and improve” the oil and gas industry at a recent event.  “In the past year, the global energy crisis, driven by surging post-pandemic demand outstripping supply and exacerbated by Russia’s invasion of…

The White House on Tuesday restored three core elements of the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) that had been rolled back under the Trump administration, heralding tighter environmental scrutiny for energy projects during the federal review process. “The specific changes made by today’s ‘Phase 1’ rule restore longstanding provisions that were modified for the first…

In its last monthly meeting under the Trump administration, FERC on Tuesday voted not to move forward on a plan to revisit which agency actions should require a detailed review under the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA). A proposed notice of inquiry presented to the commissioners would have potentially expanded the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission’s…

The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) plans to stop conducting environmental reviews of liquefied natural gas (LNG) export and import projects beginning in early January.  The notice was published Thursday in the Federal Register. The decision is not expected to significantly reduce regulatory hurdles for LNG projects. They still would require extensive FERC environmental reviews…

The U.S. Chamber of Commerce on Tuesday said it would help defend Trump administration updates to the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) that were designed to minimize reviews and hasten approvals of proposed infrastructure projects, including natural gas and oil pipelines. At issue is the White House Council of Environmental Quality (CEQ)’s overhaul of NEPA…

The public comment period for revisions to the Nixon-era National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) proposed by White House’s Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ) came to a close Tuesday, with environmental groups still fighting the changes.

Verbal skirmishing over proposed changes to the Nixon-era National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) continued even as the White House’s Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ) prepared for its final scheduled hearing on the nation’s benchmark environmental protection law.

More than 30 groups representing a wide swath of U.S. industry, including the American Gas Association, American Petroleum Institute, Independent Petroleum Association of America and the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, have called on the White House’s Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ) to issue updates on the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA).