Resources and Materials
Below is a regularly updated list of materials that you can use to raise greater awareness about the importance of the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA). We encourage you to make use of these materials to urge President Biden and your members of Congress to restore and strengthen NEPA.
Resources:
- “NEPA 101: What is the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA)?“
- “NEPA and Environmental Justice“
- “NEPA and Infrastructure“
Useful Links:
- White House Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ), “A Citizen’s Guide to NEPA.”
https://energy.gov/nepa/downloads/citizens-guide-nepa-having-your-voice-heard-ceq-2007 - U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, The National Environmental Policy Act of 1969,
https://www.fws.gov/r9esnepa/RelatedLegislativeAuthorities/nepa1969.PDF - Environmental Protection Agency, “What is the National Environmental Policy Act?”
https://www.epa.gov/nepa/what-national-environmental-policy-act - White House Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ), “National Environmental Policy Act”
https://ceq.doe.gov/
- “There’s a clear fix to helping Black communities fight pollution” (Vox, 2/16/21)
https://www.vox.com/22299782/black-americans-environmental-justice-pollution - “What You Need to Know About Brenda Mallory and the White House Council on Environmental Quality” (Earthjustice, 12/16/20)
https://earthjustice.org/brief/2020/what-you-need-to-know-about-brenda-mallory-and-the-white-house-council-on-environmental-quality - “12 Climate Wins From the National Environmental Policy Act” (Center for American Progress, 5/29/20)
https://www.americanprogress.org/issues/green/news/2019/05/29/470374/12-climate-wins-national-environmental-policy-act/ - “5 Recommendations to Speed Infrastructure Permitting Without Gutting Environmental Review” (Center for American Progress, 3/9/20)
https://www.americanprogress.org/issues/green/news/2018/09/06/457466/5-recommendations-speed-infrastructure-permitting-without-gutting-environmental-review/ - “Trump rule eviscerates “Bill of Rights” for the environment: National Environmental Policy Act” (The Wilderness Society, 7/15/20)
https://www.wilderness.org/articles/press-release/trump-rule-eviscerates-bill-rights-environment-national-environmental-policy-act - Emil Frankel. “Environmental Rules Aren’t the Problem” (Eno Center for Transportation, 9/18/17)
https://www.enotrans.org/article/op-ed-environmental-rules-arent-problem/ - “NEPA Success Stories” (Natural Resource Defense Council)
https://www.nrdc.org/resources/never-eliminate-public-advice-nepa-success-stories - Larissa Liebmann. “Strong Environmental Review Protects Us All!” (Waterkeeper Alliance, 9/18/17)
https://waterkeeper.org/news/strong-environmental-review-protects-us-all/ - Kevin DeGood. “Debunking the False Claims of Environmental Review Opponents” (Center for American Progress, 5/3/17) https://www.americanprogress.org/issues/economy/reports/2017/05/03/431651/debunking-false-claims-environmental-review-opponents/
- John Podesta. “Trump’s infrastructure plan is wholly inadequate. And it gets worse” (Washington Post, 6/6/17)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/trumps-infrastructure-plan-is-wholly-inadequate-and-it-gets-worse/2017/06/06/722d13da-4ae9-11e7-bc1b-fddbd8359dee_story.html?utm_term=.a4027a2b017b - Scott Slessinger. “We Cannot “Streamline” Our Way Out of Lack of Funding” (NRDC, 9/7/17)
https://www.nrdc.org/experts/scott-slesinger/we-cannot-streamline-our-way-out-lack-funding - Kevin DeGood, “Build First, Ask Questions Later – How Weakening Environmental Review Will Hurt Our Communities and Natural Habitats” (Center for American Progress, 5/3/17) https://www.americanprogress.org/issues/economy/reports/2017/05/03/430668/build-first-ask-questions-later-weakening-environmental-review-will-hurt-communities-natural-habitats/
- Kevin DeGood, “How Donald Trump’s Infrastructure Plan Fails America” (Washington: Center for American Progress, 2016) https://www.americanprogress.org/issues/economy/reports/2016/12/01/293948/how-donald-trumps-infrastructure-plan-fails-america/
- Deron Lovaas. “Streamline Infrastructure Reviews? Been There, Done That” (NRDC, 6/7/17)
https://www.nrdc.org/experts/deron-lovaas/streamline-infrastructure-reviews-been-there-done - Deron Levas. “Dear Mr. Trump: On Infrastructure, You Get What You Pay For” (NRDC, 8/16/17)
https://www.nrdc.org/experts/deron-lovaas/president-trump-infrastructure-you-get-what-you-pay - Amanda Jahshan. “NEPA Under Attack” (NRDC, 5/22/13)
https://www.nrdc.org/experts/amanda-jahshan/nepa-under-attack - Catherine Kelley. “Trump’s Executive Order Puts Infrastructure, Taxpayers At Risk” (The Morning Consult, 8/25/17)
https://morningconsult.com/opinions/trumps-executive-order-infrastructure-taxpayers-risk/ - Darryl Fears. “Trump tries to pave the way for development by accelerating environmental reviews” (Washington Post, 01/24/17)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/energy-environment/wp/2017/01/24/trump-tries-to-pave-the-way-for-development-by-accelerating-environmental-reviews/?utm_term=.fea97305cde9 - David Super. “Trump’s Infrastructure Promises Falls Far Short of His Promises” (The Hill, 9/9/17)
http://thehill.com/blogs/pundits-blog/energy-environment/349892-trumps-infrastructure-order-falls-far-short-of-his - “Interior Department order seeks to shortcut public process in name of energy dominance” (The Wilderness Society, 9/13/17)
https://wilderness.org/update/interior-department-order-seeks-shortcut-public-process-name-energy-dominance - Lydia O’Neal and David Sirota. “Trump’s Infrastructure Plan is Actually Pence’s – and it’s all about privatization” (Newsweek, 9/4/17)
http://www.newsweek.com/2017/09/15/donald-trump-infrastructure-plan-mike-pence-privatization-658403.html
Key Support:
- Letter to President Biden from members of Congress requesting additional executive actions to further environmental justice, 2/25/21
https://www.eenews.net/assets/2021/02/25/document_daily_01.pdf - Letter from 60 members of Congress urging President Trump to reverse environmental and public health rollbacks, 9/14/20
https://naturalresources.house.gov/letter-to-doi-ag-ceq-opposing-public-lands-nepa-attacks-september-14-2020 - Labor Council for Latin American Advancement, Letter to Congress on NEPA & Infrastructure, 6/5/17
http://earthjustice.org/sites/default/files/files/2017%20LCLAA%20Delegation%20letter.pdf - Earthjustice, Latino Labor Leaders Visit Congress to Defend NEPA – Workers who build our national infrastructure defend their voice in its development, 6/5/17
http://earthjustice.org/news/press/2017/latino-labor-leaders-visit-congress-to-defend-nepa