Richard Epstein: Trump Helps the Environment by Enraging Environmentalists

Professor Richard Epstein wrote and submitted comments on the case for updating the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) on behalf of ConservAmerica to the White House Council of Environmental Quality on March 10, 2020. On July 30, he authored a compelling op-ed in the Wall Street Journal.

“Environmentalist critics work on the flawed assumption that the longer the review period, the greater the environmental protection. But thatʼs untrue for the large majority of important projects. As I detail in a report for ConservAmerica, these new projects typically replace older, more dangerous projects and use superior technologies unavailable generations ago,” Epstein wrote.

“When NEPA review delays a state-of-the-art pipeline, for instance, that requires greater shipment of fossil fuels by rail and truck, which is far more likely to cause major spills with extensive collateral damage.”

Read the full article in the Wall Street Journal here.