Supreme Court could narrow the scope of federal environmental reviews, with less consideration of how projects would contribute to climate change
- Written by J.B. Ruhl, Professor of Law, Director, Program on Law and Innovation, and Co-director, Energy, Environment and Land Use Program, Vanderbilt University
NEPA reviews are a tool for informing the public about how major federal actions could affect the environment.May Lim / 500px via Getty ImagesIn the 1993 movie “Jurassic Park,” Dr. Ian Malcolm, a fictional math genius specializing in chaos theory, explains the “butterfly effect,” which holds that tiny actions can lead to...