White House unveils plan for major projects to bypass environmental review

Plan would help Trump administration advance projects held up over global heating concerns such as the Keystone XL oil pipelineThe Trump administration on Thursday unveiled a plan to speed permitting for major infrastructure projects such as oil pipelines, including dropping consideration of their potential impact on the climate crisis.The plan, released by the White House Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ), would help the administration advance big energy projects such as the Keystone XL oil pipeline that had been tied up over concerns about their effect on global heating. Continue reading...