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The SPEED Act threatens NEPA by limiting environmental reviews and court oversight, experts say, misidentifying the law as the cause of delays.
The Senate’s SPEED Act, warned Bob Stern and attorney Thomas Stavola Jr., threatens to weaken the National Environmental Policy Act by restricting environmental reviews to immediate impacts, eliminating cumulative assessments, and undermining judicial oversight.
They argue the bill misidentifies NEPA as the cause of permitting delays, when poor agency implementation and inadequate data—like in offshore wind leasing—drive litigation.
The legislation also limits public access to courts, restricts judicial power to overturn unlawful actions, and conflicts with recent Supreme Court rulings on agency deference and separation of powers.
Save Long Beach Island Advocacy urges Senators Whitehouse and Heinrich to reject the bill, stressing it fails to fix root causes and risks eroding environmental protections.
La Ley SPEED amenaza a NEPA al limitar las revisiones ambientales y la supervisión de los tribunales, dicen los expertos, identificando erróneamente la ley como la causa de los retrasos.