Tag: NEPA
How NEPA Is Strangling Our Economy
Noah Smith lays it all out on his Substack blog. His roundup of links to recent articles on the National Environmental Protection Act (NEPA) is massive. Here’s one link, to Jerusalem Demsas in the Atlantic. She points out that delays from environmental reviews under NEPA aren’t limited to power plants or highways: “NEPA and similar…
Regulation Is Holding Back Geothermal Energy
Geothermal energy, which comes from steam hidden beneath the earth’s surface, should be an attractive source of fuel these days because it is carbon-free. But its use right now is tiny. While Iceland gets 65 percent of its energy from geothermal sources, few other places do. That’s because Iceland exists on a fault line that…
Biden’s Plans for Infrastructure Ring Hollow, Thanks to New NEPA Rules
President Biden is tightening up the environmental reviews for major projects—thus weakening the infrastructure act he appears to be so proud of. The White House Council of Environmental Quality has just issued new rules for assessing major projects under the 1969 NEPA (National Environmental Policy Act). The rules end President Trump’s relaxation of regulation and…