U.S. Supreme Court Reigns In Big Green Abuses of NEPA

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Yesterday, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that federal agencies conducting environmental reviews under the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) must consider only the direct effects of a project rather than its broader impacts. The 8-0 ruling (highly unusual for a unanimous decision) follows years of lower courts demanding broader consideration of the effects of projects like LNG export terminals and energy-moving projects, such as rail lines and pipelines, to account for the climate effects of fossil fuels that move through them and will later be burned.

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