Stephen Schima

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Stephen Schima is a Senior Legislative Counsel based in Washington, D.C.

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Navajo community leader Daniel Tso speaks at a meeting at the chapter house in Counselor New Mexico where the Bureau of Land Management was hearing public comments on proposed new sites for leasing rights to additional drilling in the San Juan Basin.
July 5, 2023

New NEPA Guidance Can Give Us the Roadmap to a Just and Equitable Clean Energy Future

The Biden Administration is working to reverse former-President Trump's reckless rollbacks of NEPA. Here's what it should consider.
Silhouette of oil and gas drilling rigs.
March 29, 2023

It’s Time to Tell the Truth About Republicans’ Disastrous Energy Package

Republicans' first major legislative package is a giveaway to corporate polluters.
October 8, 2021

In the News: Bloomberg Law

Round Two of Environment Permit Change to Ask: Revert or Refine?

“Any time Congress legislates a categorical exclusion and bypasses public input and environmental review, it’s a problem, because they’re bypassing the legal process itself.”
October 7, 2021

In the News: The Hill

Biden takes big step on rules for environmental reviews

“There are threshold questions of when NEPA applies; there are questions about judicial accountability in the courts that need to be addressed; there are unnecessary barriers to public voices and input and judicial review in the 2020 regs that need to be addressed; there are enormous loopholes for avoiding NEPA review entirely.”
September 29, 2021

In the News: Reuters

Analysis: U.S. infrastructure deal threatens to undercut key environmental law

“Imposing arbitrary time limits or page limits doesn’t do anything to address the underlying problem. You cannot build back better without robust and meaningful NEPA review."
September 29, 2021

In the News: Reuters

Analysis: U.S. infrastructure deal threatens to undercut key environmental law

“Imposing arbitrary time limits or page limits doesn’t do anything to address the underlying problem. You cannot build back better without robust and meaningful NEPA review.”