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Sierra Club Slams Trump Administration's Decision to Bypass Environmental Reviews for Arctic Oil Drilling
Today, the Trump administration invited fresh controversy when it announced it will abandon environmental reviews under the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) to allow oil and gas companies to run roughshod over pristine Arctic ecosystems to search for expensive, far flung oil. The Bureau of Land Management granted the polluters a new categorical exclusion that will allow activities…