Permitting reform effort suffers setback
Sen. Joe Manchin speaks with reporters as he walked through the Senate subway, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, Sept. 15, 2022.WASHINGTON — Efforts to speed up federal permitting for large infrastructure projects like pipelines and power lines suffered another setback Tuesday evening after Democrats and Republicans declined to include West Virginia Sen. Joe Manchin's permitting legislation in their year-end defense spending bill.
, championing his bill as a means to speed renewable energy development while also increasing the production of fossil fuels on which the country largely still relies. "While many within the are supportive of accelerating and expanding renewable energy transmission, progressives have raised objections to a specific approach under consideration that entrenches new fossil fuel infrastructure," the group said in a statement.
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