The White House

The White House Council on Environmental Quality Establishes Permitting Innovation Center

Today, the White House Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ) issued a memorandum to heads of Federal agencies establishing an interagency Permitting Innovation Center. The creation of the Permitting ...
Statesman Journal

DEQ asks for $6.5 million to address problems found in state audit

The Oregon Department of Environmental Quality will ask the Oregon Legislature for $6.5 million in additional funding to address problems identified in a state audit last spring. Auditors from the ...
archpaper

California Environmental Quality Act revisions split politicians, housing advocates, and environmental groups

California lawmakers approved changes this week to the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA), first passed in 1970 by then-California Governor Ronald Reagan, through a budget bill. This will ...
Los Angeles Times

Newsom suspends landmark environmental laws to speed up wildfire prevention efforts

Newsom suspended the California Environmental Quality Act and the California Coastal Act as the two-month anniversary of the Palisades and Eaton fires approaches. Newsom said the decision would ...