Former Officials Expect GOP To Prioritize Permitting For Hydrogen, NEPA

Former Republican officials are expressing confidence that GOP lawmakers will continue to prioritize measures to streamline energy permitting in the coming months, even as many in the party opposed Sen. Joe Manchin’s (D-WV) proposal to ease permitting for a wide range of energy projects. “There’s still an opportunity before the end of this Congress to reach a deal on permitting reform and Sen. Manchin said he’s going to try and work with his Republican colleagues to do that,” Kellie Donnelly,...