from lasvegassun.com By Rhiannon Saegert | Jul. 13th, 2023 By Rhiannon Saegert (contact) Thursday, July 13, 2023 | 2:30 p.m. Clark County residents decried the proposed path of power lines through the Tule Springs Fossil Beds National…
The United States faces a conundrum in its course to adopt renewable energy. While the outlook for cleaner energy sources is positive, the country’s power infrastructure requires essential upgrades to make the transition worth the effort, time and money.
Editor’s Note: This is a good explanation of why the Debt Ceiling bill only contained modest permitting reform and the changing politics of Republican support for permitting reform.
By the time I talked to Gavin Newsom, the governor of California, he was clearly frustrated. “This is ridiculous,” he said. “These guys write reports and they protest. But we need to build. You can’t be serious about climate and the environment without reforming permitting and procurement in this state.”
from CCL Weekly Briefing Lawmakers have reached a deal to raise the debt limit, and it includes some reforms to America’s energy permitting processes. That deal is now working its way through Congress in an…
from NY Times President Biden and Congress have wrangled a big political deal to raise the country’s debt ceiling. Tucked into that deal are some changes to how the government approves new projects that bear…
“The bottom line is, we have to go and speed up the building process because in america, we have 2,000 gigawatts clean energy waiting to be built, except it needs the permits. The new environmentalism should be about “let’s build” and be about moving forward so we can replace fossil fuels.”
As Washington wages parallel battles on permitting and new environmental regulations, one conundrum crisscrosses both: A pileup of permit applications to store carbon dioxide underground. Storing carbon will likely be increasingly important to power plants…
The two sides prioritize vastly different policy goals. Broadly speaking, Republicans want to accelerate the approval process for pipelines and other fossil fuel projects, while Democrats have tried to speed the construction of the electric transmission lines needed to carry clean power.
The White House on Wednesday endorsed a plan by Senator Joe Manchin III to speed the approval of some fossil fuel projects in order to also hasten the construction of new transmission lines critical for meeting President Biden’s climate goals.
Editor: New authority being used to fast-track a mining project in Arizona. Can Nevada be far behind?
The Biden administration is moving to expedite the review and approval of a manganese and zinc mine in southern Arizona, setting up a standoff with a local …
The US power grid includes everything from 100-year-old hydro dams to brand-new batteries. Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory released a study on the project connection queue for the nation’s grids, showing …
