"It cost $1,000 for Patricia Qasimah Boston to fly from Tallahassee to Washington and stay in a hotel.
She traveled 800 miles for a three-minute appearance at a public hearing held Tuesday by the Council on Environmental Quality, a White House agency that recently proposed to weaken the 50-year-old National Environmental Policy Act. Boston, an environmental justice advocate, called the law “a bible” that protects communities across the country by allowing them to challenge the environmental impact of proposed federal projects. Usually the council holds around nine hearings across the country so citizens can comment on decisions as meaningful as changing NEPA. But this time, under the Trump administration, it held two.
Boston used her brief time to make a plea to keep the law intact. “The rollback will limit the ability of my community to know the health consequences of government actions,” she said."
Darryl Fears reports for the Washington Post February 25, 2020.
SEE ALSO:
"Opponents Storm Hearing on NEPA Rules" (Greenwire)
"Climate Could Be Legal Hook to Fight Environment Permit Changes" (Bloomberg Environment)
"Opponents Fault Trump Proposal To Cut Environmental Reviews" (AP)
"Activists Slam Trump’s Plan To Cut Public Out Of Environmental Review Process" (HuffPost)
"White House Effort To Roll Back Bedrock Environmental Law Spurs Strong Opposition" (The Hill)
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