Federal agencies will be allowed to minimize climate change when they analyze the environmental impacts of federal decisions such as oil and gas leasing, according to a White House proposal announced June 21.
The White House Council on Environmental Quality issued draft guidance for how federal agencies are required to comply with the National Environmental Policy Act, which requires agencies to conduct an environmental review of major federal decisions concerning gas pipelines, fossil fuel development on public lands, logging and other projects.
The Obama administration in 2016 began requiring all environmental impact statements conducted under NEPA to include ...
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