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Alan Lowenthal: “Courts have looked at the question of whether NEPA requires consideration of climate change matters.”

On the recordMay 12, 2015
Courts have looked at the question of whether NEPA requires consideration of climate change matters.
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Alan Lowenthal
Democratic · California

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Lowenthal discusses legal precedents regarding climate change considerations in NEPA.

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