Posted on 05/02/2023 10:50:41 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
Senator Joe Manchin introduced a new bill on Tuesday aimed at accelerating the permitting process for oil, gas, renewables, mineral extraction, and power transmission projects to address domestic energy security.
The Democratic Senator of coal and natural gas-producing West Virginia has been working for months to garner support from both sides of the aisle for a permitting reform that would shorten the timelines for permitting all types of American energy and mineral infrastructure without bypassing environmental laws or community input.
Permitting reform legislation has failed in recent months, also because critics and some Democrats have accused Senator Manchin of basically giving handouts to the fossil fuel industry. Republicans did not support previous bills because Senator Manchin supported President Joe Biden's Inflation Reduction Act.
There is overwhelming bipartisan recognition that our current permitting processes aren't working, and equally bipartisan support for addressing it through comprehensive permitting reform legislation," Senator Manchin said in a press release.
Even U.S. renewable energy associations and the biggest oil and gas industry lobby are united by a common cause—getting permitting reforms done to unlock the full benefits of the Inflation Reduction Act and boost domestic energy production. In one of the most unusual 'alliances' in recent months, the American Petroleum Institute (API) and industry groups of clean energy producers and utilities have been urging Congress to amend the legislation on project permitting, including shortening the timelines for review under the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA).
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The bastard pulls the greatest anti-energy bill in history across the finish line, then does this?
This is a lot like Wentworth’s mealy non-apology at Bud where he said “we didn’t mean to divide people” and he then immediately pulled a Clydesdale out of the stable for a patriotic commercial.
Replacing oil and coal with a multimillion dollar study on the wind power produced by thousands of Monarch butterflies flapping their wings.
Joe GirlieChin is as usual a day late and $1.6 trillion short.
Joe GirlieChin is as usual a day late and $1.6 trillion short.
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