This is good news. EISs were never meant to examine global-scale problems on a Project basis, even in a cumulative analysis setting, never mind entirely different projects that might (or might not) happen because of the Project under analysis. One can only hope this reasoning will be persuasive with California judges in their CEQA analogue, although I doubt it.
Key_Environment8179 on
This… would genuinely be a godsend for housing and renewable-energy projects
erasmus_phillo on
Wtf I love this Supreme Court now
When did Alito sign on to the Abundance Agenda
AnalyticOpposum on
I don’t see how this applies to housing or renewable energy. Those projects are still subject to environmental review on their immediate effects, and a ruling in this case may make it so you can’t argue the immediate effects are outweighed by what happens much later.
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This is good news. EISs were never meant to examine global-scale problems on a Project basis, even in a cumulative analysis setting, never mind entirely different projects that might (or might not) happen because of the Project under analysis. One can only hope this reasoning will be persuasive with California judges in their CEQA analogue, although I doubt it.
This… would genuinely be a godsend for housing and renewable-energy projects
Wtf I love this Supreme Court now
When did Alito sign on to the Abundance Agenda
I don’t see how this applies to housing or renewable energy. Those projects are still subject to environmental review on their immediate effects, and a ruling in this case may make it so you can’t argue the immediate effects are outweighed by what happens much later.