Christy Goldfuss joined Aaron Weiss, CWP’s Deputy Director, on the latest episode of “Go West, Young Podcast” to talk about her recent testimony at a hearing in which she spoke out against the Trump administration’s proposed changes to the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA).
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Former head of the White House Council on Environmental Quality on why the National Environmental Policy Act matters
Apr 8, 2020
Issue: Ethics & Transparency, Oil & Gas
By Center for Western Priorities
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