The White House Council on Environmental Quality says the directive will "restore common sense to the environmental review and permitting process." ...

A protester waves a placard at a rally of advocates voicing opposition to Trump administration efforts to weaken the National Environmental Policy Act. The White House’s Office of Information and ...

The National Environmental Policy Act has not been immune to changes since President Richard Nixon signed it into law 55 years ago. Under the direction of President Donald Trump and Republicans in ...

Air pollution regulations in the United States are intended to protect public health, but a new study has found that they ...

Despite the subject being in the crosshairs of the Trump administration, Pennsylvania has doubled down on its environmental justice efforts with a final policy launched Saturday. The policy will guide ...

In recent years, the United States has faced rising concerns regarding climate change. Communities across the country have noted an increase in wildfires, heat waves and powerful hurricanes. These ...

Earlier this year, the Trump administration gave the DOGE treatment to federal environmental review. In February, the White House Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ) unilaterally rescinded ...

The Trump administration this week finalized an effort to axe federal environmental rules governing how the U.S. builds ...

This story is part of a Grist package examining how President Trump's first 100 days in office have reshaped climate and environmental policy in the U.S. “I know nothing about Project 2025,” President ...

The Trump administration began this week to radically alter how the National Environmental Policy Act is implemented across the federal government, alarming environmentalists. Passed in 1970 and often ...

Environment policy encompasses the vast suite of legal, economic and institutional instruments that governments and international bodies employ to manage humanity’s impact on the natural world. It ...