indirect effects

Implications of the Seven County Decision

Possible limitations on NEPA analysis for climate effects and indirect effects

This is the third in our series of posts on the Seven County case. The first post was here, summarizing the key points of the opinion. The second post is here, providing our assessment of the analysis in the opinion. In this third post, we discuss the implications of the case for what have been …

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