Should Congress Make It Easier to Build Energy Projects?
Building power lines, pipelines, and energy projects can take a decade under current permitting rules. A bipartisan push would streamline approvals to add capacity and lower costs; critics worry about weakening environmental and community review. Where do you stand?
Where do you stand?
The case for
Faster permitting, supporters say, is essential to expand the grid, lower energy prices, and connect new power — both clean and traditional — before demand outpaces supply.
The case against
Critics warn that speeding approvals can cut out environmental review and the voices of affected communities, and they disagree over whether reform would mostly help fossil-fuel or clean-energy projects.
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Where do you stand?
Your message will carry your position — My Democracy doesn’t take a side.
The case for
Faster permitting, supporters say, is essential to expand the grid, lower energy prices, and connect new power — both clean and traditional — before demand outpaces supply.
The case against
Critics warn that speeding approvals can cut out environmental review and the voices of affected communities, and they disagree over whether reform would mostly help fossil-fuel or clean-energy projects.