GOP Bills Target Various EPA Requirements For ‘Critical’ Energy Projects

House Republicans are touting numerous bills that would scale back EPA requirements for “critical” energy facilities and refineries, arguing the move would boost a variety of energy sources though Democrats say the measures attack “critical environmental programs” and clean energy programs in the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA). The measures, floated during a Feb. 7 joint hearing by two House Energy & Commerce Committee panels, seek to counter what GOP lawmakers brand as the Biden administration’s “rush to green” agenda without...