The Supreme Court on Thursday unanimously ruled to limit the scope of environmental review required under a seminal 1970s environmental protection law. The move brought a proposed 88-mile railroad line that would

Wendy Park, a senior attorney at the Center for Biological Diversity, described the court’s ruling as a “disastrous decision” that will undermine the nation’s bedrock environmental laws, ultimately resulting in more pollution and greater threats to public health.

The decision makes it easier to win approval for highways, bridges, pipelines, wind farms, and other infrastructure projects.