EJ Advocates Vow Sustained Opposition To Permit Deal In New Congress

Progressive Democratic lawmakers are expressing confidence that they can block any effort by Democratic leadership to attach an energy project permit streamlining plan to must-pass defense policy legislation, adding that they and environmental justice (EJ) advocates will continue opposing similar measures should they come up in the new Congress. In another indication that the permitting proposal championed by Sen. Joe Manchin (D-WV) may not get enacted this year, House Armed Services Committee Chairman Adam Smith (D-WA) told Bloomberg Dec...