WASHINGTON _ Interstate pipeline and offshore drilling projects are more likely to receive federal approval if President Donald Trump's changes to longstanding environmental standards go into effect, two administration officials told McClatchy on Thursday.
Trump's proposed changes to the regulations under the National Environmental Policy Act, a law intended to protect the environment, would no longer require that federal agencies consider the effects of climate change before approving major energy and infrastructure projects across the country.
That would apply to federally funded pipeline projects on land as well as drilling efforts in U.S.-administered waters.
