Why coordination between Federal and State environmental reviews is so challenging. A think-tanks assesses the situation for new transmission lines in the Pacific North-West. Read more…
What is the cost of NEPA‘s aging approach to infrastructure reviews? A thoughtful essay considers new research and policy options. Read more…
New research in Massachusetts and Rhode Island estimates that the construction of utility-scale solar arrays decreases the value of homes within .6 miles by between 1.5% – 3.6%. Should home-owners be compensated the average value… Read More »House of the rising sun: The effect of utility-scale solar arrays on housing prices. June, 2023.
Is local opposition a sufficient reason to deny a solar project permit? The Ohio Power Siting Board considers how to evaluate solar projects’ “public interest, convenience and necessity.” Read more…
How does a project’s purpose and need relate to the need to evaluate environmental justice? Comments on FERC’s EJ Roundtable show that some stakeholders are unconvinced by the integrity of FERC’s NEPA process. Read more…
Analyzing the response to DOE’s consent-based siting process: could maintaining trust, fairness, and the meaning of consent be more challenging than nuclear waste management? Read more…
An academic literature review asks: What influence do renewable energy project developers, consultants, PR firms, and marketing companies have when projects face stakeholder opposition? A lot. So why does research seem exclusively focused on local… Read More »Beyond the public in controversies: A systematic review on social opposition and renewable energy actors. August, 2022.
Op-ed describes an infrastructure duel between “untidy discretion and judgment” and “an ever-thickening web of regulations.” Read more…
A look at why public interest groups, rather than disadvantaged, at-risk communities or property owners, account for 59 percent of NEPA litigation between 2001 and 2013. Read more…
A summary of what we get from 30.4 million hours of ‘paperwork’ and $1.6 billion in annual costs required for infrastructure permitting. Read more…