Media CenterLatest Updates The Trump Administration Is Poised to Gut Environmental Review. What’s at Stake?In the coming weeks, the Trump administration is poised to make some major changes to how much—or more likely, how little—environmental review and public input is required for federal projects, including for roads and bridges, oil and gas development, and pipeline construction. Share this:Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window)Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Read more Dominion’s James River Transmission ProjectMore than 400 years of American history, including the first permanent English settlement in North America, were placed at critical risk in 2017 after the Army Corps of Engineers began construction on a nearly 7-mile-long stretch of massive 295-foot transmission towers within sight of Historic Jamestown and Colonial National Historical Park in Virginia. Share this:Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window)Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Read more Media Contacts [ General Inquiries ] info@protectnepa.org Justin McCarthy NEPA Campaign Director jmccarthy@partnershipproject.org Press Releases Trump Administration Attacks National Environmental Policy Act on Bedrock Law’s 50th AnniversaryWASHINGTON (January 6, 2020)— The Trump administration will propose this week to gut National Environmental Policy Act rules for conducting environmental reviews of federal activities — changes that will threaten critical safeguards for air, water and wildlife. The proposal will also squelch public participation in federal agency decisions and impose arbitrary time limits on completion of environmental reviews. Share this:Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window)Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Trump Administration Paves Way for Old-Growth Clearcutting in Alaska’s Tongass National ForestJUNEAU, AK (October 15, 2019) — The Trump administration today announced plans to gut long-standing protections against logging and road-building in the Tongass National Forest, a cherished old-growth temperate rainforest in Southeast Alaska and homelands of the Tlingit, Haida, and Tsimshian people. Share this:Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window)Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Opponents of Proposed Resolution Copper Mine, Land Exchange Hold News Conference Before Public HearingQUEEN VALLEY, AZ (October 7, 2019) — The Apache Stronghold and allies will deliver public comments Tuesday opposing the Resolution Copper mine, which would destroy a sacred site for the Apache people. The group will hold a news conference before Tuesday’s public hearing, hosted by the U.S. Forest Service to gather public comments on an environmental analysis of the project. Share this:Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window)Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Legislative Threats
