Trump signs order to waive environmental reviews for key projects
June 4, 2020
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President Trump signed an executive order Thursday instructing agencies to waive long-standing environmental laws to speed up federal approval for new mines, highways, pipelines, and other projects are given the current economic “emergency.”
Declaring an economic emergency allows the president to invoke a section of federal law “where emergency circumstances make it necessary to take any action with significant environmental impact without” observing normal requirements imposed by laws such as the Endangered Species Act and the National Environmental Policy Act. These laws require agencies to solicit public input on proposed projects and analyze in detail how federal decisions could harm the environment.
In the order, the president said setting aside these requirements would help the nation recover from the economic losses it has suffered since the outbreak of the novel coronavirus. “Unnecessary regulatory delays will deny our citizens opportunities for jobs and economic security, keeping millions of Americans out of work and hindering our economic recovery from the national emergency.”
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Pipelines extend across the landscape outside Nuiqsut, Alaska, last year. (Bonnie Jo Mount/The Washington Post)
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