Historically, as Ezra points out, there was lots of backlash to public sector stuff. Robert Moses, etc. 1/

But now, the main driver of fights against laws like NEPA is that it would streamline permitting of fossil-fuel infrastructure. 2/

Sure, permitting is a public sector activity, but it’s the activity of enabling putative private-sector initiated and directed investment, which we’ve come to distrust. /fin

* fights against REFORMING laws like NEPA… grrr.