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Trump crackdown could 'blow up' his big bill after latest attack on Senate deal: report

A key Democratic negotiator says the Trump administration’s offshore wind crackdown is endangering a hard-won Senate deal on permitting reform, Politico reports. Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI) reacted after the Justice Department told a federal court late Tuesday that it wants to reopen the permit for the New England Wind project off Massachusetts. It’s…

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Democrats Could Face A Data Center Backlash Of Their OwnA group of left-wing environmental organizations claims a permitting reform bill would massively benefit the data center industry.

HuffPost4d agoWhole story →

Congress Seeks a Shot Clock on the Permitting Fast LaneA Department of Energy analysis found that faster permitting alone could more than double geothermal capacity by 2050.

National Review9d agoWhole story →

Environment America comes out against permitting reform deal“Our view is that this bill posits that we have to destroy nature in order to save the planet,” executive director Lisa Frank told Callie.

Washington Examiner11d agoWhole story →

America Needs Permitting Reform—With No GimmicksAmerica has forgotten how to build, courtesy of a Byzantine permitting process that delays projects for years and often kills them altogether. A new bill could change that, though, and let the U.S. actually start building things again, including badly needed energy infrastructure that would reduce prices. The current paralysis was made painfully evident…

The Daily Signal12d agoWhole story →

A Golden Opportunity for Permitting ReformBy passing a bipartisan bill, Congress can ease the path to building infrastructure and energy projects of all sorts.

National Review17d agoWhole story →

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U.S. Energy Red Tape Gives China an EdgeFormer advisers to six U.S. presidents are urging Congress to pass permitting reform, warning that infrastructure delays threaten America's competitiveness with China.

OilPrice3d agoWhole story →

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