A bipartisan group of 13 governors urges Congress to “reform” energy permitting. It’s a terrible idea.

A bipartisan group of 13 governors is pushing to deregulate the permitting of energy infrastructure in the U.S., arguing that doing so is necessary to “win the AI race, lower costs for consumers, and responsibly develop the advanced energy sources of the future.” But in reality, deregulating energy infrastructure construction would be a disastrous mistake that would increase greenhouse gas…

  • HubertManne@piefed.socialEnglish
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    1 day ago

    The bipartisan group of governors, which was led by Oklahoma Republican Kevin Stitt and Pennsylvania Democrat Josh Shapiro, sent a letter on October 28 to the leaders of several House and Senate committees urging them to deregulate the permitting of energy infrastructure. The group includes seven Republicans (Stitt plus Mike Braun from Indiana, Jeff Landry from Louisiana, Kelly Armstrong from North Dakota, Bill Lee from Tennessee, Spencer Cox from Utah, and Mark Gordon from Wyoming) and six Democrats (Shapiro plus Jared Polis from Colorado, Ned Lamont from Connecticut, Wes Moore from Maryland, Maura Healey from Massachusetts, and Dan McKee from Rhode Island).

  • notsure@fedia.io
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    3 days ago

    …this will be explicit…JESUS FUCKING FUCK YOU FUCKING FUCKS! STOP KILLING THE FUTURE FOR IMMEDIATE PROFIT!..JESUS LOOKS UPON YOU WITH SHAME YOU FUCKING FUCKS!..