Third teenager charged with second-degree murder | SaltWire #newsupdate #news #halifax #policeembargo WASHINGTON - The White House on Tuesday reformed the U.S. environmental review process for major projects which officials said would speed up approval of everything from transmission of power from wind and solar farms to semiconductor manufacturing.
The White House's Council for Environmental Quality said the reforms bring efficiencies to reviews including clear one- and two-year deadlines for federal agencies, page limits for reviews, and tasking lead agencies with coordinating the process. "We are making reforms in this rule that will help speed infrastructure and permitting, but without losing sight of the environmental and health benefits we need to protect," Brenda Mallory, the chair of the CEQ told reporters.
The reforms build on initial work to reform the NEPA process finalized in 2022, when the White House began to reverse Trump's overhaul. Those changes required federal agencies to consider the direct, indirect, and cumulative impacts of proposed projects or actions, including a full evaluation of climate impacts.