NEPA in the Supreme Court (Part II)

Our last post explained the background of the Seven Counties NEPA case, which is currently pending in the Supreme Court.  Today, we discuss the radical arguments that have been made in the case and why they should be rejected. NEPA requires that agencies consider the environmental effects of their projects, but the petitioners raise hairsplitting arguments to exclude obvious effects due to technicalities. Pleas for revising the law should be made to Congress, not to the Supreme Court.