A New Trump Rule Would Fast-Track Oil Pipelines Without Consideration of Climate Change – Mother Jones

The Trump administration will soon make it easier for projects like oil pipelines and highways to get federal approval regardless of their environmental risks and effects on climate change, according to the New York Times. The administration is expected to gut the 50-year-old National Environmental Policy Act by making more projects exempt from the environmental reviews it requires, and by stripping requirements for federal agencies to consider “cumulative” impacts such as contributions to climate change.
https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2020/01/a-new-trump-rule-would-fast-track-oil-pipelines-without-consideration-of-climate-change/