White House Slashes Environmental Restrictions for Biden’s Pet Projects – HotAir

Back in 1969, Congress passed the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA), mandating environmental reviews for all major projects to determine their environment impact and allowing for periods of public comment. This has generally been beneficial, but it opens the door to lengthy lawsuits from environmental activists that can tie projects up in the courts for years. There may be some significant changes coming to the process, however, but only for certain types of projects. The White House Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ) has just finished what’s being described as a “rule change” that will remove many delays and “streamline” the permitting process for energy projects. But there’s a catch. The new rules will only apply to projects that “help the environment.” In other words, just wind and solar projects favored by the Biden administration. Fossil fuel projects will remain…