NEPA is a great example of a poorly worded law growing and evolving over time into something completely different. What began as a law intended to ask the Federal govt to consider the environment in some of its actions…
evolved into a draconian permitting and lawsuit platform that makes it difficult to move beyond fossil fuels and adopt green energy. Reform of NEPA is desperately needed. The devil, of course, is in the details.
NEPA is a great example of a poorly worded law growing and evolving over time into something completely different. What began as a law intended to ask the Federal govt to consider the environment in some of its actions…
evolved into a draconian permitting and lawsuit platform that makes it difficult to move beyond fossil fuels and adopt green energy. Reform of NEPA is desperately needed. The devil, of course, is in the details.