As a self-proclaimed environmental planning nerd, I was pretty excited when the U.S. Council of Environmental Quality (CEQ) issued guidance in 2014 on programmatic analyses under the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) (CEQ 2014). And…
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Presidential Executive Orders (EOs) and Environmental Sustainability
Did you know that the Federal Government manages more than 350,000 buildings and 600,000 vehicles and is the largest consumer of energy in the Nation? Last year, federal agencies spent more than $6 billion on…
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Reinforcing the Importance of Public Involvement in NEPA
In this month’s blog post I will reinforce the importance and value of implementing a robust public engagement strategy, focused at the Environmental Assessment (EA) level of NEPA. In our democratic society people like to…
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Top Tips I Learned from Law School and My Path to Environmental Planning
First, you don’t have to go to law school to get into an environmental planning career. The reason I went to law school was because I was interested in environmental law. While I specialized in…
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The Paris Climate Agreement 101
While in these tumultuous political times and with French President Emmanuel Macron recently visiting the White House, there has been much discussion in the news surrounding the Paris Climate Agreement and the United States withdrawing…
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Now’s the Time to Prepare Focused NEPA Documents, Faster!
Last month Melanie Hernandez and I attended the Annual National Association of Environmental Professionals (NAEP) conference in Tacoma, Washington, where Mr. Ted Boling, Associate Director for the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) at the Council…
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What are the effects of climate change to the U.S. military and more importantly, what’s next?
In January 2018, the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) published the results of a DoD-wide survey to assess the effects of extreme weather events on U.S. military bases. Here are some highlights of the DoD…
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The Hazardous Waste Generator Improvement Rule – Overview and What’s Happening in California
As many of you know, the U.S. Federal hazardous waste generator regulatory program was originally promulgated in 1980 and has not undergone any significant revision for over 36 years! That is until October 28, 2016,…
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Taking Our Shot
“You’ll always miss 100% of the shots you don’t take.” — Wayne Gretzky. Welcome to Scout Environmental! I am excited to welcome you to our inaugural Scout Environmental blog post, for this signifies a very…
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