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White House says new rule will restore community safeguards in reviews of pipelines and other major US projects.US President Joe Biden's administratio

The changes concern the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA), which was enacted by Congress in 1969. Rules about how it was applied were tweaked in 2020 by the then-Republican president, an ardent supporter of the fossil fuel industry.

A rule finalized Tuesday will restore key provisions of the National Environmental Policy Act, an environmental law designed to ensure community safeguards during reviews for a wide range of federal proposals.

The Biden administration is restoring federal regulations that require rigorous environmental review of major infrastructure projects such as highways, pipelines and oil wells.

The reviews will look at the likely impact of a project on climate change and nearby communities.

The longstanding reviews were scaled back by the Trump administration in a bid to fast-track projects and create jobs.

President Biden has reintroduced stringent environmental assessment rules for any large-scale project, including pipelines and oil wells

The Biden administration is restoring federal regulations that require rigorous environmental review of major infrastructure projects such as highways, pipelines and oil wells — including likely impacts on climate change and nearby communities. The longstanding reviews were scaled back by the Trump administration in a bid to fast-track projects and create jobs. A rule finalized…

The move restores regulations guiding environmental reviews of big projects such as highways and pipelines that were scaled back by the Trump administration in a bid to fast-track the projects.

The Biden administration is restoring federal regulations guiding environmental reviews of major infrastructure projects such as highways and pipelines that