SPEED bump?
Legal Planet: Environmental Law and Policy 2025-09-22
Summary:
The House of Representatives recently held a hearing on the SPEED Act, a proposal for NEPA reform advanced by Representatives Westerman (R-Arkansas) and Golden (D-Maine). While the public announcement by the majority for the bill is that it is simply “commonsense upgrades,” a close review indicates that it would produce potentially dramatic changes to NEPA, …