The Permit That Broke America: Inside the Bureaucratic Veto Nobody Voted For

A single federal environmental review can bury a project for a decade — not because anyone decided to kill it, but because nobody has to decide anything at all. This week we dig into NEPA, the 1970 law that was supposed to protect the environment and instead became the Swiss Army knife of obstruction, wielded by everyone from fossil fuel interests to NIMBYs to federal agencies protecting their own turf. The law hasn't changed much. The exploitation of it has become an art form. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See https://pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.