API: NEPA REFORM STRENGTHENS U.S. ENVIRONMENTAL, INFRASTRUCTURE EFFORTS

摘要

API welcomed the Council on Environmental Quality's proposed reforms to the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA), saying the move would reduce the red tape slowing critical infrastructure projects and create jobs across the country while strengthening environmental progress. "Endless and repetitive reviews for infrastructure, renewable energy, natural gas and oil projects have been misused to delay and derail development, which hurts job creation, reduces tax revenue and saps investments in communities across the country," API President and CEO Mike Sommers said in a Jan. 9 statement. "Reforming the NEPA process is a critical step toward meeting growing demand for cleaner energy and unlocking job-creating infrastructure projects currently stuck in a maze of red tape."