Comments Regarding the Council on Environmental Quality’s Removal of National Environmental Policy Act Implementing Regulations
EPIC submitted public comments opposing the wholesale removal of NEPA regulations by the Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ), arguing it would create confusion and increase litigation risk. Instead, we proposed modernizing the NEPA process through our Smart Permitting Agenda, which includes implementing clear timelines, developing programmatic reviews, creating user-friendly e-permitting systems, and establishing expedited pathways for ecological restoration. We believe an updated regulatory framework can maintain NEPA's original intent while delivering faster results and ensuring meaningful community input.
Pennsylvania’s Utilization of the Abandoned Mine Lands (AML) IIJA Funding
“A Good Program in Theory”: Opportunities for Administrative Improvements to USDA’s Regional Conservation Partnership Program
¿Se puede cambiar un palo borracho por lapacho? Una mirada al mercado emergente de servicios ambientales de Paraguay
Funding Nature Not Paperwork 2.0: A Synthesis of Permitting Issues, Reforms, and a Strategy for Moving Forward
Can tropical forest loss be offset by a forest “credit”? A closer look at an emerging environmental market in Paraguay
Clean Water and Drinking Water SRF Financial Terms, Conditions, Definitions, and Other Application Information
Reimagining Permitting Processes: A Case Study of Virginia’s Permitting Enhancement and Evaluation Platform
At the Environmental Policy Innovation Center (EPIC), our goal is to advance ecological restoration at scale, yet permitting costs consume up to ⅓ of project budgets. We need money to go to nature, not paperwork. Over the past two years, EPIC has quantitatively and qualitatively analyzed policies and processes related to restoration project permitting. Here we provide a case study of adoption of e-permitting technology that ameliorated many permitting bottlenecks.
The Regional Conservation Partnership Program (RCPP) and the next Farm Bill
How Donald Trump or Kamala Harris should spend a billion dollars at USDA
5 Bizarre Things About Permitting That Don't Have To Be
New Report: Building a Thriving Biodiversity Credit Market
Biodiversity Credit Principles
Building a Thriving Biodiversity Credit Market
Here’s why Milwaukee and Wisconsin are models for lead pipe replacement - and why President Joe Biden is there delivering the Biden-Harris swan song on lead in drinking water
The Time it Takes for Restoration 2024 Update
Sandboxing Nature in Maryland Handout
How could Maryland legislators build a sandbox for nature to accelerate restoration?
A Technical Advisory Toolkit for Lead Service Lines
New $1 Million Great Lakes Water Infrastructure Loan Fund Supporting Improved Water Quality in the Great Lakes Region
From Law to Legacy: Early Wins of Maryland's Conservation Finance Act
Since enacting the Conservation Finance Act in 2022, Maryland agencies have begun to implement it and attract greater private investment in conservation.