The Trump administration has finalized a plan to roll back regulations implementing a landmark environmental law that the White House says needlessly delays federal approvals for energy and infrastructure projects. The action Wednesday by the White House Council on Environmental Quality rescinds regulations related to the National Environmental Policy Act. That law requires federal agencies to consider a project’s possible environmental impacts before it is approved. The council's leader says the directive will “restore common sense to the environmental review and permitting process.” Congress is considering legislation intended to speed up permitting reviews for new energy and infrastructure projects and limit judicial review under that law.
