Hi all,

Please see below social guidance highlighting the EPA’s recent decision to stop providing letter grades for Environmental Impact Statements. These summary grades are very useful to the public, and removing them will make it easier to poorly prepared environmental reviews.

Please let me know if you have any questions.

-Justin

Facebook:

The EPA and coal lobbyist [TAG] ANDREW WHEELER are at it again – this time trying to hide bad environmental impact statements from public scrutiny. #ProtectYourVoice

https://www.nrdc.org/experts/scott-slesinger/bueller-lets-stop-grading-quality-federal-agencies-work

For many decades the EPA has assigned letter grades to Environmental Impact Statements carried out by federal agencies. These letter grades help the public understand how effectively the environmental and public health impacts of projects are being analyzed. Last week, the EPA announced it will eliminate its grading system in an attempt to further eliminate government transparency. #ProtectYourVoice

https://www.nrdc.org/experts/scott-slesinger/bueller-lets-stop-grading-quality-federal-agencies-work

Imagine your child came home from school and told you that their teacher had decided to get rid of letter grades. How would you know your child was still learning or that the teacher was actually doing their job? That’s exactly what the EPA did last week when it moved to eliminate letter grades for Environmental Impact Statements on projects like roads, bridges, and pipelines. The decision is a blatant attempt to hide poorly analyzed environmental reviews from public scrutiny. #ProtectYourVoice

https://www.nrdc.org/experts/scott-slesinger/bueller-lets-stop-grading-quality-federal-agencies-work

Twitter:

.@EPAAWheeler is at it again. This time he’s trying to hide bad environmental impact statements from public scrutiny. #ProtectYourVoice

https://www.nrdc.org/experts/scott-slesinger/bueller-lets-stop-grading-quality-federal-agencies-work

For decades the EPA has assigned letter grades to Environmental Impact Statements carried out by federal agencies. Now, the EPA is eliminating its grading system in an attempt to limit government transparency. #ProtectYourVoice

https://www.nrdc.org/experts/scott-slesinger/bueller-lets-stop-grading-quality-federal-agencies-work

.@EPAAWheeler just made it a lot harder for the public to understand how well federal agencies are analyzing environmental reviews for projects impacting their communities. #ProtectYourVoice

https://www.nrdc.org/experts/scott-slesinger/bueller-lets-stop-grading-quality-federal-agencies-work

What if we got rid of grades in schools? It’d be pretty hard to know how well your child and teacher were performing, wouldn’t it? Well, that exactly what the EPA just did. #ProtectYourVoice

https://www.nrdc.org/experts/scott-slesinger/bueller-lets-stop-grading-quality-federal-agencies-work

Justin McCarthy

Communications Director, NEPA Campaign

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