Trump's plan to unleash US energy

 Newsmax:

President-elect Donald Trump is promising expedited federal permits for energy projects and other construction worth more than $1 billion. But the idea could meet with regulatory and legislative hurdles, including a landmark law that requires federal agencies to consider the environmental impact before deciding on major projects.

In a post on his Truth Social site Tuesday, Trump said anyone making a $1 billion investment in the United States “will receive fully expedited approvals and permits, including, but in no way limited to, all Environmental approvals.”

“GET READY TO ROCK!!!" he added.

While Trump did not specify who would be eligible for accelerated approvals, dozens of energy projects proposed nationwide, from natural gas pipelines and export terminals to solar farms and offshore wind turbines, meet the billion-dollar criteria.

Environmental groups were quick to slam the proposal, calling it illegal on its face and a clear violation of the National Environmental Policy Act, a 54-year-old law that requires federal agencies to study the potential environmental impact of proposed actions and consider alternatives.

“Trump is unabashedly and literally offering to sell out America to the highest corporate bidder,'' said Lena Moffitt, executive director of Evergreen Action, an environmental group. She said the plan was “obviously illegal” and another example of Trump “putting special interests and corporate polluters in the driver’s seat, which would result in more pollution, higher costs and fewer energy choices for the American people.”
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I don't think expedited approval means what the climate kooks think.   Companies will still have to meet requirements, but large projects will be given a timing preference.  The left has a tendency to try to twist things Trump says.  What should already be clear is the so-called green energy is not up the task of providing consistent and abundant energy.  We know that fossil fuels and nuclear are.

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