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The Supreme Court Just Started a Permitting Revolution

by Philip Rossetti
June 2, 2025
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issues: Energy and Environment, Federal Government Affairs, Permitting Reform
originally published in Heatmap

Data supports the idea that NEPA holds back clean energy projects, but that is partly because it holds back so many kinds of projects. The R Street Institute, a center-right think tank, has found that 42% of projects stalled by NEPA involved green infrastructure or conservation.