http://ecopolitology.org/2009/10/08/fed-plan-to-shoot-arizona-mountain-lions-comes-under-fire/ The Politics of Energy and the Environment Sun, 12 Feb 2012 05:32:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://ecopolitology.org/2009/10/08/fed-plan-to-shoot-arizona-mountain-lions-comes-under-fire/comment-page-1/#comment-3336 America’s Most Important Environmental Law Turns 40 | ecopolitology Fri, 08 Jan 2010 11:04:41 +0000 http://ecopolitology.org/?p=1843#comment-3336 [...] The participatory channels opened up by NEPA were not just those accessible only by well-organized environmental organizations and their fresh-faced lawyers, NEPA also codified the practice of allowing the public to comment on Federal actions as a necessary part of any EIS. Those ubiquitous public comment periods you see for a proposed oil and gas lease, an offshore wind farm or listing of endangered animals. [...] [...] The participatory channels opened up by NEPA were not just those accessible only by well-organized environmental organizations and their fresh-faced lawyers, NEPA also codified the practice of allowing the public to comment on Federal actions as a necessary part of any EIS. Those ubiquitous public comment periods you see for a proposed oil and gas lease, an offshore wind farm or listing of endangered animals. [...]

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