Democrats, greens blast Trump rollback of major environmental law

Trump's latest environmental rollback was met with strong resistance from a number of Democratic lawmakers and nearly every major environmental group Thursday, with critics lambasting the administration for seeking to unwind a bedrock environmental law.

The proposal from the White House Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ) targets the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA), which for 50 years has required detailed environmental reviews of major projects like pipelines, highways and some oil and gas projects.

The sweeping changes allow greater industry involvement in environmental reviews of projects, while diminishing the role climate change plays in those assessments.

Various groups and lawmakers described the proposal as misguided, profoundly irresponsible, unlawful and turning "a blind eye to the climate crisis."

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