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Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee Chairman Joe Manchin, D-West Virginia, questions Interior Secretary Deb Haaland during a hearing on May 2, 2023 in Washington, DC. The hearing to examine President Joe Biden's fiscal 2024 budget request for Haaland's department turned into a forum for criticism of the administration's energy policies. (Photo by Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images)

Overhaul federal permitting as part of the debt limit deal? Not as easy as it sounds.

BY: - May 18, 2023

Congressional leaders negotiating a deal to avoid a catastrophic default on the nation’s debt are talking about including an overhaul of how the federal government reviews projects for their environmental impact. There is bipartisan support for changes to the lengthy environmental approval process among climate-minded Democrats eager to speed construction of renewable energy projects, as […]