AOC said Republicans’ sweeping energy bill amounts to a “trickle down fantasy” to hand profits to fossil fuel companies, she said.
“Under the banner of ‘permitting reform,’ the broad suite of bills included in H.R. 1 advances a dangerous agenda to expand oil and gas development, undermine environmental review of pipeline projects and other fossil fuel infrastructure, silence public engagement, fast track approval of LNG export facilities, and loosen vital standards for mining operations on public land,” Jealous wrote.
“Together, these controversial policies will exacerbate the climate crisis, perpetuate environmental injustices, and undermine U.S. economic and national security by extending our country’s reliance on risky and volatile energy sources,” he continued.is widely read among people with lower incomes and among young people who are mired in debt. Our site is read at public libraries, among people without internet access of their own.
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