2025 In Review: Technology
2025 In Review: Restoration in Action
EPIC's Written Testimony for January 2026 EPW Hearing on Federal Environmental Review and Permitting Processes
There are Nine Types of Permitting Reform
30 Permitting Wins in 30 Days
Environmental Permitting is Getting Better
It's not that permitting change might happen. It has changed, is changing, and will change more. We’ve had a great collaboration with the team at Inclusive Abundance these last 15 days, hearing about 15 ‘wins’ for permitting reform they wanted to celebrate. We are starting our own 15-day countdown now. It’s a great way to acknowledge all the progress underway to make environmental permitting laws and programs that better serve the planet, people, and our prosperity.
Better, Faster, and Fairer: State Strategies for Permitting Innovation
Comment Letter: Colorado’s Regulation No. 87 for Permitting and Mitigating Dredge and Fill Activities
Comments on Colorado’s draft Regulation No. 87 for permitting and mitigating dredge and fill activities
Permitting Modernization in Virginia
Virginia stands out from other states in its permitting reform efforts because it has really nailed transparent permitting, and in doing so, significantly cut down the processing time for most state permits.
4 Pillars for Permitting Innovation
The permitting reform space is growing fast, and there are clearly different philosophies for why this work is important, what values should guide us in identifying solutions, whether reform is even needed, and how we build a large enough coalition to make meaningful changes at all levels of government.
Thoughts on the ESA Amendments Act of 2025
Predicting DOGE AI Deregulatory Tool Recommendations
Updates to our Permitting Tools Inventory
Comment Letter: Nationwide Permit Reissuance
Comments on “Proposal To Reissue and Modify Nationwide Permits” (COE-2025-0002)
How effective governance can streamline restoration efforts—Louisiana CPRA Case Study
RIBITS User Survey Reveals Desire for Data Reliability and Modernization
NEPA, CEQA and the winds of change
A Look At CEQ’s New CE Explorer
On June 5th, the CEQ’s Permitting Innovation Center released their first prototype experiment, the Categorical Exclusion Explorer. The Explorer is the first time a collection of cross-agency Categorical Exclusions (CEs) has been transformed into data for experimentation. This is still in the experimental stage, and we applaud the Permitting Innovation Center for releasing early-stage products and experiments. Early and iterative releases are ideal for gathering feedback and improving future releases.
We’ve discussed using existing environmental review data management and sharing as an area ripe for experimentation and innovation.
New Interactive Tools and Data to Explore Mitigation Bank Timelines
