With Mallory At CEQ Helm, White House Expected To Undo NEPA Rollbacks

President-elect Joe Biden’s selection of Brenda Mallory to lead his White House Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ) is being widely hailed as a smart choice by environmental groups and others, especially given CEQ’s expected key role in undoing the Trump administration’s National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) rollbacks. In addition, observers expect Mallory to be influential in elevating both climate change and environmental justice (EJ) considerations in NEPA reviews for projects across the government. Ted Boling, a longtime CEQ career official...