Posts Tagged ‘permitting reform’
Permitting reform deal makes unacceptable cuts to public participation and water protections
We cannot sacrifice our communities’ right to have a meaningful voice in projects happening in their own backyards, nor the public’s ability to defend our health, natural heritage and quality of life.
Read MoreThe Trump-Vance administration is pressing the gas pedal on fossil fuels and throwing up roadblocks for renewables. Congress should not enable it.
Given the Trump-Vance administration’s focus on fossil fuels, it’s clear that the projects expedited by changing the permitting process are virtually guaranteed to be for dirty energy.
Read MoreMany ‘Permitting Reform’ Proposals Would Further Strip Environmental Protections, Weaken Public Input
Legislators and the Trump administration are pushing changes to environmental laws under the banner of “permitting reform.”
Read MoreInside recent efforts to cut the public out of government decision-making and weaken NEPA
Further weakening a key environmental protection law will not speed up infrastructure projects.
Read MoreSen. Joe Manchin re-introduces egregious Mountain Valley Pipeline giveaway
Today, Sen. Joe Manchin introduced a third version of his “permitting reform” bill, the Building American Energy Security Act, which, consistent with past proposals, attempts to override normal regulatory and judicial processes to create a way forward for the Mountain Valley Pipeline.
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