The Federal Permitting Improvement Steering Council (Permitting Council) has announced the allocation of nearly $155 million from President Biden’s Investing in America agenda to aid federal agencies in increasing the efficiency and effectiveness of infrastructure permitting review and authorizations. The announcement is part of $350 million for the Permitting Council and $1 billion total for federal agency permitting activities over ten years that was included in President Biden’s Inflation Reduction Act — the largest climate investment in history and a core pillar of Bidenomics.
In order to strengthen energy security and meet President Biden’s ambitious goals of building infrastructure and deploying clean energy to cut emissions by 50 to 52% by 2030 and reaching 100% clean…
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