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Trump Administration Seeks To Defang ‘Magna Carta’ of Environmental Law That Has Hamstrung Development for Decades

The National Environmental Policy Act was supposed to ensure humans and nature can exist in ‘productive harmony,’ but critics say it has become a tool for environmentalists to needlessly delay major projects.

By BRADLEY CORTRIGHT |  |economy
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Mining companies are fighting attempts by environmentalists and tribal leaders to block projects across the American west. Suzanne Featherston/The Daily Free Press via AP, file

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NASA Continues To Raise the Odds That an Asteroid Dubbed ‘the City Destroyer’ Will Collide With Earth

The YR4 spans 100 meters and its impact would be comparable to eight million tons of dynamite.

By PERRY CHIARAMONTE |  

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