The Supreme Court on Thursday narrowed the scope of National Environmental Policy Act reviews, finding such analyses should be simply "a procedural cross-check, not a substantive roadblock" for ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. NEPA reviews are a tool for informing the public about how major federal actions could affect the environment. May Lim / 500px via ...

In a highly anticipated decision for project developers and permitting agencies, the U.S. Supreme Court reversed the D.C. Circuit’s 2023 decision that had invalidated federal approval of the Uinta ...

In 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 big outcomes. “A ...

On May 29, 2025, the Supreme Court held that the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) — which requires federal agencies to analyze the environmental impacts of projects that they carry out, fund, ...

The Supreme Court has narrowed the scope of environmental review under one of the nation’s bedrock environmental laws. In an 8-0 ruling Thursday, the high court determined reviews conducted under the ...

The question for the justices was whether an agency had complied with a federal law by issuing a 3,600-page report on the impact of a proposed railway in Utah. By Adam Liptak Reporting from Washington ...

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Several justices indicated that a federal agency had complied with a federal law by issuing a 3,600-page report on the impact of a proposed railway in Utah. By Adam Liptak Reporting from Washington ...

In 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 big outcomes. “A ...

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) J.B. Ruhl, Vanderbilt University (THE CONVERSATION) In the 1993 movie “Jurassic Park,” ...