Trump Administration Moves to Fast-Track Hundreds of Fossil Fuel Projects | The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has cited President Trump’s claim of a national energy emergency to speed up permits

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Trump Administration Moves to Fast-Track Hundreds of Fossil Fuel Projects | The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has cited President Trump’s claim of a national energy emergency to speed up permits

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Trump Administration Moves to Fast-Track Hundreds of Fossil Fuel Projects

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The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has cited President Trump’s claim of a national energy emergency to speed up permits for new gas pipelines and other projects.

I’ll note that there is no legal basis for the claim of “emergency” here, US oil extraction has already been at a record and additional extraction is simply exported

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