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Opponents storm hearing on NEPA rules
People who spoke against the Trump administration's overhaul of National Environmental Policy Act rules elicited whooping applause this morning in the Interior Department's auditorium.
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Kelsey Brugger previously covered politics, the White House and the Energy Department for Energywire. She joined E&E News in 2018 after working as a reporter in California, where she covered offshore oil, immigration, cannabis and politics for the Santa Barbara Independent. Her work has also appeared in Scientific American and Coastlines. She obtained a bachelor's degree in history from University of California, Santa Barbara.
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Some tribal leaders support Trump NEPA overhaul
White House aides are hosting meetings with tribal leaders this week on the proposed changes to the National Environmental Policy Act rules.