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US climate goals are achievable – if we can get the permits

3 pointsby vwoolfover 2 years ago

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gardenfelderover 2 years ago
What concerns me is that there will be tensions between a federal decision, and what goes on in local jurisdictions. In a Jane Fonda interview recently, she opines that people should be paying more attention to local elections. &quot;One Federal Decision&quot; bill [1] seems to want to put a lot of power into federal hands (no matter which - if any - political party is in power). (I&#x27;d like to be wrong about this).<p>&gt;Congress should expand One Federal Decision, a process that establishes a lead federal agency for the environmental review of transportation projects, to all infrastructure projects. They also should include more projects in FAST-41, a project of the FAST Act of 2015, which has reduced permitting timelines for certain infrastructure projects and capitalize on NEPA provisions that allow for “categorical exclusions” for certain activities.<p>[1] <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;cms.ferc.gov&#x2F;industries-data&#x2F;natural-gas&#x2F;overview&#x2F;general-information&#x2F;one-federal-decision" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;cms.ferc.gov&#x2F;industries-data&#x2F;natural-gas&#x2F;overview&#x2F;ge...</a>