Environmental Policy At A Crossroads

"After the National Environmental Policy Act was adopted 35 years ago, the law led to a major design change in one of the nation's most ambitious energy projects — the 800-mile pipeline that carries oil from Alaska's North Slope.

...Now, however, NEPA is facing strong challenges from the Bush administration, Congress and business interests who say the law has been holding up progress on a number of fronts, among them building highways, preventing forest fires and drilling for oil and gas in the Rocky Mountains."

Thanks to Ashwani Vasisth