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Environment variables from `.env` are not picked up by the Node process

See original GitHub issue

Current Behavior

With the latest version of nx, it seems like the env vars in .env are no longer picked up in Node/Nest apps (possibly others).

Some of the env vars do appear to be set:

console.log(Object.keys(process.env))
[
  'NODE_ENV',
  'NX_CLI_SET',
  'NX_INVOKED_BY_RUNNER',
  'NX_WORKSPACE_ROOT',
  'NX_TERMINAL_OUTPUT_PATH',
  'NX_STREAM_OUTPUT',
  'NX_TASK_TARGET_PROJECT',
  'NX_TASK_HASH'
]

Expected Behavior

Env vars defined in .env should be available on process.env

Steps to Reproduce

Repro here: https://github.com/beeman/nx-env-vars-issue

create a new repo
add @nrwl/nest or @nrwl/node and create an app
add an env var to .env
log out process.env
see that the env var from .env is not there

Failure Logs

No logs

Environment

 >  NX   Report complete - copy this into the issue template

   Node : 16.16.0
   OS   : darwin arm64
   yarn : 1.22.19

   nx : 14.7.6
   @nrwl/angular : Not Found
   @nrwl/cypress : Not Found
   @nrwl/detox : Not Found
   @nrwl/devkit : 14.7.6
   @nrwl/eslint-plugin-nx : 14.7.6
   @nrwl/expo : Not Found
   @nrwl/express : Not Found
   @nrwl/jest : 14.7.6
   @nrwl/js : 14.7.6
   @nrwl/linter : 14.7.6
   @nrwl/nest : 14.7.6
   @nrwl/next : Not Found
   @nrwl/node : 14.7.6
   @nrwl/nx-cloud : 14.6.2
   @nrwl/nx-plugin : Not Found
   @nrwl/react : Not Found
   @nrwl/react-native : Not Found
   @nrwl/schematics : Not Found
   @nrwl/storybook : Not Found
   @nrwl/web : Not Found
   @nrwl/workspace : 14.7.6
   typescript : 4.8.3
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   Local workspace plugins:
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