The Republican Response to the 2024 Economic Report of the President

The repealing of this policy could significantly inhibit clean energy projects. As of 2021, 42 percent of the Department of Energy’s active NEPA projects requiring an environmental impact statement (EIS) were related to clean energy, transmission, or environmental conservation, while only 15 percent were related to fossil fuel projects. Moreover, the same study finds that 24 percent of Bureau of Land Management EISs were related to clean energy projects, while only 13 percent were for fossil fuels.[69]

[69] Philip Rossetti, “Addressing NEPA-Related Infrastructure Delays,” R Street Institute, 2024, https://www.rstreet.org/wpcontent/uploads/2021/07/FINAL_RSTREET234.pdf.