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Trump Administration Acts to ‘Severely Weaken’ a Key Environmental Law

Inside Climate News · By Kiley Bense, Wyatt Myskow · last updated
The White House said changes issued under the National Environmental Policy Act would simplify an “overly burdensome process.” Critics accused agencies of gutting the law.

By Kiley Bense, Wyatt Myskow

The Trump administration began this week to radically alter how the National Environmental Policy Act is implemented across the federal government, alarming environmentalists.