Below is a regularly updated list of materials that you can use to raise greater awareness about the importance of the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA). We encourage you to make use of these materials to urge your members of Congress and other locally-elected officials to take action to protect NEPA!
These resources include:
- Handouts and factsheets
- Publicly-sourced photos and graphics
- Sample social media posts
- Activist toolkit
- Useful links
NOTE: If your organization is interested in participating in this campaign, please send an email to info@protectnepa.org.
Handouts/Factsheets
Useful Links
- White House Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ), “A Citizen’s Guide to NEPA”
- Environmental Protection Agency, “What is the National Environmental Policy Act?”
- U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, “The National Environmental Policy Act of 1969”
- White House Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ), “National Environmental Policy Act”
- Sharon Zang, “How Trump Plans to Gut NEPA, a 50-Year-Old Environmental Law” (Pacific Standard, 1/24/19)
- Emil Frankel. “Environmental Rules Aren’t the Problem” (Eno Center for Transportation, 9/18/17)
- “NEPA Success Stories” (Natural Resource Defense Council)
- Larissa Liebmann. “Strong Environmental Review Protects Us All!” (Waterkeeper Alliance, 9/18/17)
- Kevin DeGood. “Debunking the False Claims of Environmental Review Opponents” (Center for American Progress, 5/3/17)
- John Podesta. “Trump’s infrastructure plan is wholly inadequate. And it gets worse” (Washington Post, 6/6/17)
- Scott Slessinger. “We Cannot “Streamline” Our Way Out of Lack of Funding” (NRDC, 9/7/17)
- Kevin DeGood, “Build First, Ask Questions Later – How Weakening Environmental Review Will Hurt Our Communities and Natural Habitats” (Center for American Progress, 5/3/17)
- Kevin DeGood, “How Donald Trump’s Infrastructure Plan Fails America” (Washington: Center for American Progress, 2016)
- Deron Lovaas. “Streamline Infrastructure Reviews? Been There, Done That” (NRDC, 6/7/17)
- Deron Levas. “Dear Mr. Trump: On Infrastructure, You Get What You Pay For” (NRDC, 8/16/17)
- Amanda Jahshan. “NEPA Under Attack” (NRDC, 5/22/13)
- Catherine Kelley. “Trump’s Executive Order Puts Infrastructure, Taxpayers At Risk” (The Morning Consult, 8/25/17)
- Darryl Fears. “Trump tries to pave the way for development by accelerating environmental reviews” (Washington Post, 01/24/17)
- David Super. “Trump’s Infrastructure Promises Falls Far Short of His Promises” (The Hill, 9/9/17)
- “Interior Department order seeks to shortcut public process in name of energy dominance” (The Wilderness Society, 9/13/17)
- Lydia O’Neal and David Sirota. “Trump’s Infrastructure Plan is Actually Pence’s – and it’s all about privatization” (Newsweek, 9/4/17)
- Letter to Congress on NEPA and Infrastructure (Labor Council for Latin American Advancement, 6/5/17)
- Letter to President Trump titled “Expedite Infrastructure Permitting Through Existing Law” (Business Roundtable, 4/7/17)
