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Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC)

Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC)

Environmental Advocacy Organization

Appears in 3 stories

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Who decides if a pipeline gets built?

Rule Changes

Opposing proposed rule

For 50 years, states have held veto power over pipelines, dams, and power plants that cross their waterways. Now EPA wants to take it back. The agency proposed a rule on January 14, 2026, that would prevent states and tribes from blocking federally permitted energy projects based on anything beyond direct water pollution—eliminating the broader environmental reviews that have stopped projects like the Constitution Pipeline in New York.

Updated Jan 17

House passes SPEED Act: a hard turn toward faster permits—and a new fight over who gets to build

Rule Changes

Opposing SPEED as a rollback of public protections

Washington keeps saying it wants to “build faster.” On December 18, 2025, the House put that promise into a blunt instrument: it passed the SPEED Act, a bill designed to squeeze environmental reviews into tighter boxes and make lawsuits harder to use as a brake.

Updated Dec 19, 2025

The Western Arctic rule war: BLM’s 2024 NPR-A protections are officially gone

Rule Changes

Publicly opposing the rollback; pressuring for legal and political resistance

BLM’s rollback of the 2024 NPR-A protections isn’t new news—but today is when it becomes real. As of December 17, 2025, the rescission is officially in effect, wiping out the Biden-era rule that tried to hardwire stronger guardrails into how the Western Arctic gets developed.

Updated Dec 17, 2025