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The White House signed back up for Sen. Joe Manchin’s permitting reform bill, before there’s even a full-fledged Democratic alternative, after the Energy and Natural Resources chairman reintroduced it yesterday.
As talk on a permitting overhaul slowly gathers steam in Congress, two House Democrats are moving forward with their own proposal.
House Democrats in the Sustainable Energy and Environment Coalition are putting forward their own permitting proposal that would boost FERC’s siting authority while tightening environmental reviews in disadvantaged communities.
House Democrats on Thursday released their permitting reform proposal after House Republicans advanced an energy bill that included measures aimed at streamlining the approval process for projects.
In 2018, a Democratic adviser on energy issues introduced two of the only Democratic House candidates on the campaign trail who were running on climate action.
Five years since their "meet cute," as Rep. Sean Casten (D-Ill.) called it, and subsequent election, he and Rep. Mike Levin (D-Calif.) are teaming up to lead their party in what is currently one of Washington's thorniest political and policy debates: permitting reform.
Fifty-seven House Democrats are calling on the Environmental Protection Agency to finalize strong carbon pollution standards for new and existing fossil-fuel-fired power plants by early next year, according to a letter shared exclusively with The Climate 202.
Investment in agroforestry — an ancient land management method that integrates the growth of trees with crops or livestock — is emerging with renewed fervor across the U.S.
Why it matters: A new funding influx signals increasing widespread expansion of the climate-friendly agricultural practice, experts tell Axios.
The House Sustainable Energy and Environment Coalition released its task forces for the new Congress on Thursday to develop policies against climate change.
"Each task force is focused on a different aspect of the climate crisis that SEEC will push for congressional and executive action on this Congress," the group said in a release.
These House Democrats want the farm bill to be a ‘huge climate win'
Don't look now, but the divided Congress could pass a major climate change bill.
No, it's not version 2.0 of the Inflation Reduction Act, the Democrats' sweeping climate and health-care package. Rather, the farm bill — the five-year reauthorization of hundreds of billions of dollars in agriculture and food programs — could help farmers tackle the climate crisis while feeding the nation.