Group’s Analysis Calls NEPA ‘Scapegoat’ For Project Permitting Delays

A new analysis from the Center for Progressive Reform (CPR) argues that the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) is becoming a “scapegoat” for permitting delays, pushing back against claims that the statute or its implementing regulations need a fundamental overhaul to speed clean energy and various other types of projects. “There are calls from across the political spectrum for ‘reforming’ the 55-year-old foundational [NEPA] statute, under the assumption that the sometimes lengthy and complicated environmental review process the act can...