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Government shutdown harming U.S. energy and jobs due to frozen EPA permitting
The shutdown freezes EPA permit reviews, delaying energy projects and state approvals, which increases costs and stalls private investments, officials say.
- Energy advocates warn the government shutdown has frozen Environmental Protection Agency permitting, stalling American energy projects and jobs across the United States.
- Decades of 'approval-heavy policies' have long made it difficult to build energy and industrial capacity, and a shutdown magnifies that weakness by blocking EPA approvals.
- Specific permitting tasks paused include reviewing state air and water plans and processing permits for refinery upgrades, pipelines, and drinking water projects, leaving construction crews idle and private investors waiting.
- Shutdowns create a backlog that will delay projects even after funding is restored, and because EPA cannot act on many state submissions, states cannot fully 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, and neither the American Council on Renewable Energy nor the EPA responded to comment requests.
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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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