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CEQ Released NEPA Guidance on Agency Consideration of GHGs and Climate Change

Last updated:

January 6, 2023

Statute

NEPA

Agencies

CEQ, White House

Actions

Guidance/Policy

CEQ released updated guidance for federal agencies on how to quantify and disclose the greenhouse gas emissions and climate change-related effects associated with proposed actions under the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA). The guidance also encouraged federal agencies to “meaningfully engage” with communities impacted by the proposed action and to incorporate environmental justice considerations into climate-related analyses.