text: The purpose of NEPA is to ensure that agencies consider whether their actions may harm the environment. This is a reasonable goal, but one that is very different from the anti-biotech NEPA litigation to obstruct the cultivation of new varieties that are forced to endure years of environmental testing and analysis just to clear approval hurdles. The statute has been hijacked by environmental activists in order to slow or prevent government agencies from taking actions the litigants do not like. Since the law requires agencies to consider almost any conceivable impact, no matter how meticulous the agency is in preparing an Environmental Assessment or EIS, the statute offers fertile ground for bad-faith, obstructionist litigation.