The report comes as Sen. Joe Manchin’s push for permitting reform has met pressure from far-left environmental groups, progressive activists, and members of the House Progressive Caucus. These concerns, which are overwrought, ignore the consensus among environmental analysts that slow regulatory review is creating more environmental and economic costs as we act to fight climate change.
Key policy recommendations from the report include:
Paul Bledsoe is a strategic adviser at the Progressive Policy Institute and a professorial lecturer at American University’s Center for Environmental Policy. He served on the White House Climate Change Task Force under President Clinton, at the U.S. Department of the Interior, as a staff member at the Senate Finance Committee and for several members of the U.S. House of Representatives. Read his full biography here.
Elan Sykes is an Energy Policy Analyst at PPI. Elan works on energy deployment, innovation, and decarbonization. Prior to joining PPI, Elan served as a researcher at the Climate Leadership Council where he focused on carbon pricing, global climate policy, and the intersection of climate and trade policies.
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