‘They Basically Oppose Everything’: Green Lobby Takes Hard Stand Against Bill Fast-Tracking Green Energy Projects
Hundreds of the most prominent U.S. environmental organizations are waging war on bipartisan permitting legislation moving through the Senate, despite the bill’s provisions fast-tracking green energy development. The Energy Permitting Reform Act—introduced last week by Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee leaders Joe Manchin (I., W.Va.) and John Barrasso (R., Wyo.)—is the product of months