In response to President Donald Trump s declaration of a national energy emergency, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers recently ...
President Trump’s national energy emergency declaration does not qualify as an emergency that would exempt energy projects from environmental laws and regulations.
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Memos from the Trump administration are increasing pressure to cut more national forests for timber and forest health.
The US government has reduced environmental protections for logging in over half of the national forests, citing wildfire risks. The new policy fast-t ...
The Jackson Hole Airport is in the early stages of planning for construction of a new facility to store its firefighting ...
Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins on Friday called on her staff to streamline environmental reviews, citing wildfire ...
The Department of Agriculture issued an “Emergency Situation Determination” that environmental groups say will speed the cutting of old-growth trees.
This week, the USDA Secretary Brooke L. Rollins issued a memo declaring an emergency situation on national forests and taking ...
Facing a backlash from environmental groups, the Corps removed the list and said it would follow up with a refined version. To be sure, swift action is often necessary in an actual emergency to ...
But based on my experience as an environmental law professor and former government lawyer, it's not clear that the claimed emergency conditions warrant fast-tracking major projects with minimal ...