What a NEPA (National Environmental Policy Act) Rollback Really Means

Published: March 4, 2020, 8:03 p.m.

Today's guest hosts are Brent J. Cohen and Charlotte Hancock, Executive Director and Communications Director for Generation Progress.

They discuss the Trump administration's plans to roll back NEPA,\xa0the National Environmental Policy Act, which has led to widespread concern in the environmental and civil rights spaces.\xa0 Originally enacted on January 1, 1970, NEPA has been law in the United States for over 50 years. The law was designed to promote the enhancement of the environment and established the President's Council on Environmental Quality.

To take a closer look at the proposed rollback and its potential consequences, they\u2019re joined by Kerene Tayloe, the director of federal legislative affairs at WE ACT for Environmental Justice and Sally Hardin, Deputy Director, Energy and Environment War Room at Center for American Progress.

Here are the Twitter handles for today's guests and their respective organizations: Kerene Tayloe - @GreenKerene, WE ACT for Environmental Justice -\xa0@weact4ej,\xa0Sally Hardin - @sallyahardin, Energy and Environment War Room at Center for American Progress -\xa0@CAPaction

The website for "Generation Progress" is www.GenProgress.org and their Twitter Handle is @GenProgress.\xa0 Brent J. Cohen's Twitter handle is @BrentJCohen and Charlotte Hancock's handle is @CharlatAnne.

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