Julia Conley is a staff writer for Common Dreams.
Environmental defenders on Wednesday applauded the Biden administration's proposal to reinstate key elements of one of the United States' foundational environmental laws a year after former President Donald Trump gutted the measure, while emphasizing that the proposal is just a first step toward reversing the damage done by the previous administration.
'Patching these holes in the environmental review process will help reduce conflict and litigation and help clear up some of the uncertainty that the previous administration's rule caused.' Despite the complaints of 'oil drillers and other polluters,' said Sharon Buccino, a senior attorney at the National Resources Defense Council , 'all of us, and, especially, frontline communities, benefit from these protections.
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