'Permitting Reform': The American Petroleum Institute (API) leaked a summary of their plan and draft bill text.
The Democrats' health, climate, and corporate tax plan—the Inflation Reduction Act —was just signed into law by President Biden. If projections are accurate, this legislation will not only drive down prescription drug costs for millions of Americans, it could also reduce greenhouse gas emissions by an unprecedented 40 percent by 2030.
Climate and environmental justice advocates see a dark cloud on the horizon, however. Senate Majority Leader Charles Schumer has announced that, as part of the deal to secure Senate passage of the IRA, he agreed to a second bill, misleadingly referred to as a"permitting reform" package. While the actual text isn't public yet, the American Petroleum Institute , a trade association for fossil fuel companies, leaked a summary of the plan and draft bill text.
Based on the API leak, this proposal would restrict public access to the courts to seek remedies against illegal project development; place arbitrary limits on the amount of time the public has to comment on polluting projects; curtail public input, environmental review, and government accountability; require a certain number of harmful fossil fuel projects to be designated as"projects of strategic national importance" to receive priority federal support, assistance, and expedited...
The API plan is a mishmash of long-desired permitting shortcuts that will further inflate oil company profits at the expense of our environment and communities.Projects that emit toxic air pollutants or leak carcinogens into drinking water are almost always sited in poor communities and communities of color. For decades, these frontline EJ communities have been sacrificed to dirty energy and manufacturing projects, resulting in higher rates of cancer and premature deaths.
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