Some Environmentalists Hope to Block Bipartisan Senate Permitting Deal
Environmental groups say the draft bill’s clean energy gains are outweighed by fossil fuel concessions and rollbacks to major environmental laws.
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How the permitting bill could collapse
Congress has its best chance in years to pass sweeping permitting legislation, but a series of political and policy obstacles could derail the bipartisan Senate plan.Why it matters: Cutting hurdles for energy projects is a top priority for fossil fuels and renewables sectors, and major business groups more broadly.Here are five risks to a lame-duck deal:👱♂️ President Trump himself. The White House says it supports the bill, but Trump is mercur…
Why this long-sought, bipartisan Senate deal has environmentalists feuding
The so-called lame duck session of Congress after November’s midterm elections could be momentous for clean energy, as lawmakers are set to consider a long-sought bipartisan deal to speed permitting of large energy and infrastructure projects. Clean energy advocates and policy experts view the bill as a rare opportunity to deal with a major clean energy roadblock—long […]
Permitting Reform’s Battle Lines Are Taking Shape
This is Heatmap Daily, an evening digest written by our executive editor. It’s now been just over a week since a gang of four bipartisan senators released the Bipartisan American Affordability and Jobs Act, or BAAJA. The permitting reform proposal would make too many changes to federal law to summarize cleanly here — read our explainer for that — but suffice it to say it creates a messy group of winners and losers. Utilities, data centers, and t…
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