WASHINGTON — Despite weeks of negotiations, the White House and House Republicans were unable to reach a comprehensive agreement to overhaul environmental regulations and streamline federal permitting as part of their debt ceiling deal, instead settling for limited changes that could simplify some project reviews.
Sections of pipe are lined off of Cove Hollow Road in Elliston, in Montgomery County, Va., on Sept. 15, 2020. The White House and House Republicans were unable to reach an agreement to overhaul environmental regulations and streamline federal permitting as part of their budget deal. One project got special treatment: the Mountain Valley Pipeline, a $6.6 billion project to transport natural gas through Appalachia.
A pump jack and wind turbines stand inside of a cotton field on Oct. 18, 2015, near Lamesa, Texas. The U.S. government is greenlighting a proposed multibillion-dollar transmission line that would send primarily wind-generated electricity from the rural plains of New Mexico to big cities in the West.
A pump jack and wind turbines stand inside of a cotton field on Oct. 18, 2015, near Lamesa, Texas. The U.S. government is greenlighting a proposed multibillion-dollar transmission line that would send primarily wind-generated electricity from the rural plains of New Mexico to big cities in the West.
Sections of pipe are lined off of Cove Hollow Road in Elliston, in Montgomery County, Va., on Sept. 15, 2020. The White House and House Republicans were unable to reach an agreement to overhaul environmental regulations and streamline federal permitting as part of their budget deal. One project got special treatment: the Mountain Valley Pipeline, a $6.6 billion project to transport natural gas through Appalachia.
