“Planet-sized problems collide in permitting debate”
“Efforts to fight climate change, conserve nature and build clean energy have long unfolded on competing tracks. Now, they’re colliding — and exposing tough trade-offs for environmentalists.”
Senate debate on a broad permitting bill tests climate and nature trade-offs.
The bipartisan bill eases approval of power lines and energy projects nationwide.
Key points
From Axios’s report- Senate to hold an initial procedural vote on a bipartisan permitting bill.
- Bill aims to ease building power lines and energy projects nationwide.
- Debate centers on how much scrutiny projects should face before approval.
- Conservationists warn faster approvals may harm wildlife, lands, and tribal rights.
- Independent climate and biodiversity talks abroad echo tensions in U.S. policy.
Quotes
“We think the balance has been struck in a way that sustains meaningful access.”
Jason Grumet, head of the American Clean Power AssociationSourceAxios10:15 UTCSourceAxios10:15 UTC “I don’t think it helps to say we can’t build anything today, and also that we need to take everyone’s rights away to build stuff.”
Ani Dasgupta, head of the World Resources InstituteSourceAxios10:15 UTCSourceAxios10:15 UTC “The best solutions to climate change also conserve nature and prevent it from disappearing”
Carter Roberts, head of the World Wildlife FundSourceAxios10:15 UTCSourceAxios10:15 UTC
Why it matters. Faster approvals may threaten wildlife, lands and tribal rights, conservationists warn.
What to watch. The Senate’s initial procedural vote.
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Oldest first · UTCSourceAxiosUnited StatesLeanCenterCredibilityRatings: AllSides, MBFCRead at Axios“Planet-sized problems collide in permitting debate”
“Efforts to fight climate change, conserve nature and build clean energy have long unfolded on competing tracks. Now, they’re colliding — and exposing tough trade-offs for environmentalists.”
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