US interior agency to fast track fossil fuel and mining permits over ‘fake emergency’
by Mark Oliver from Environment | The Guardian on (#6WV56)
Department cites Trump's energy emergency' declaration to expedite permissions from multiple years to 28 days
The US interior department has announced plans to radically fast track permitting for projects involving fossil fuels and mining citing Donald Trump's energy emergency' declaration that many experts say does not exist.
The move would reduce to a maximum of 28 days permitting procedures that previously could take multiple years, the department said late Wednesday.
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