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Rep, Dem Senators Release Bipartisan Permitting Bill

Whitehouse said the plan could help lower energy bills and expand clean energy, while acknowledging it was a compromise.

Rep, Dem Senators Release Bipartisan Permitting Bill
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Four senators released the Bipartisan American Affordability and Jobs Act, a permitting reform package they say would speed energy and infrastructure projects. Industry groups welcomed it, while the Sierra Club warned it could benefit oil and gas projects without ensuring more clean energy gets built.

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Sheldon Whitehouse D · RI · SEN
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Sheldon Whitehouse
D · RI · SEN

Co-releaser of the permitting reform bill

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Mike Lee
R · UT · SEN

Co-releaser of the permitting reform bill

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Martin Heinrich
D · NM · SEN

Co-releaser of the permitting reform bill

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Shelley Moore Capito
R · WV · SEN

Co-releaser of the permitting reform bill

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Donald Trump
R · President of the United States

President mentioned as someone Capito hoped would help enact the bill

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Senate Negotiators Reach Bipartisan Permitting Deal

Senate negotiators reached a bipartisan permitting deal. Whitehouse, who took part in the negotiations, said questions about wind and solar approvals remained. Left-leaning outlets cast the agreement as a threat to environmental protections and a benefit to fossil-fuel interests, foregrounding advocates’ criticism of Whitehouse’s support. Center outlets describe the deal’s aim to speed project approvals and explain its provisions, while noting unresolved wind and solar questions and competing reactions. Right-leaning outlets focus on the proposed reduction in time to challenge energy projects and the delayed vote, alongside Whitehouse’s call for clarity on wind and solar.

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