The Supreme Court on Thursday limited the scope of environmental reviews of major infrastructure projects in a decision that could speed approvals of highways, airports and pipelines.
The decision is the latest setback for environmentalists at the conservative Supreme Court, which has in recent years shut down regulations intended to protect wetlands, for instance, and reduce air pollution wafting across state lines. President Donald Trump repeatedly slammed the government’s environmental review process as too cumbersome.
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