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Government shutdown harming U.S. energy and jobs due to frozen EPA permitting
The EPA shutdown backlog delays critical energy projects and jobs, increasing costs and stalling construction despite the agency's recent Texas deepwater port permit.
- The government shutdown has halted EPA permitting nationwide, stalling American energy projects and jobs as delays ripple outward, Ted Ellis, campaign director for Power America at the America First Policy Institute, said.
- Decades of approval-heavy federal policies have slowed capacity-building, Ellis said, and because the shutdown blocks EPA from acting on state submissions, states cannot implement their programs.
- Shortly before the shutdown, the EPA issued a permit for a deepwater port in Texas allowing 365 million oil barrels per year, while routine reviews for refinery upgrades, pipelines, and water projects are paused.
- Every week of delay adds cost and can miss critical weather or construction windows, especially harming smaller communities and projects facing high interest rates, said Ellis.
- Energy advocates are urging Congress to reopen the government so permits can be issued again, with Larry Behrens, communications director at Power the Future, criticizing politicians now blocking operations after supporting rapid EPA spending.
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The current federal shutdown has reduced operations at various agencies nationwide to a minimum. In the case of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), activity is limited to essential personnel and restricted enforcement; but that…
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Government shutdown harming U.S. energy and jobs due to frozen EPA permitting
(The Center Square) – Energy advocates are warning of the harm the government shutdown is causing to American energy and jobs due to the fact that EPA permitting remains frozen, while the federal government’s decades of “approval-heavy policies” is likewise…
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