Mealey's (December 23, 2022, 1:31 PM EST) -- RICHMOND, Va. — A panel of the Fourth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals on Dec. 22 affirmed a lower court’s dismissal of a lawsuit brought by environmental groups challenging the implementation of an update to the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) by the Trump administration in 2020. The panel concluded some aspects of the appeal were moot and others were unripe....