 Energy & Environment |
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Biden may approve chips bill despite green objections |
A bill that would weaken federal environmental reviews of semiconductor facilities has passed Congress. Green activists and some Democrats hope President Biden vetoes it. |
The bill would exempt semiconductor manufacturing facilities that receive federal funding from National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) reviews. Proponents say this will streamline the approval process; opponents warn that it could lead to less oversight and, therefore, more pollution. "It's going to be completely secret going forward whether facilities are using PFAS and other harmful chemicals," if Biden signs the bill, said Harry Manin, the Sierra Club's deputy legislative director for industrial policy. He added that transparency is "the last protection that communities and workers had" because it allowed them to negotiate for mitigation measures. Despite this opposition, and opposition from 125 members of Congress, a White House official told Politico that Biden plans to sign the bill. The spokesperson said that the legislation "will allow us to continue our efforts to ensure Americans across the country can benefit from the promise of the Investing in America agenda while protecting communities and the environment." White House spokespeople did not respond to requests for comment from The Hill. Read more at TheHill.com. |
Welcome to The Hill's Energy & Environment newsletter, we're Rachel Frazin and Zack Budryk — keeping you up to speed on the policies impacting everything from oil and gas to new supply chains. |
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How policy will affect the energy and environment sectors now and in the future: |
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Laying out her economic agenda this week, Vice President Harris backed increasing domestic minerals production and creating a minerals stockpile. |
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The Biden administration and southwestern Colorado River users have partnered on a large-scale conservation effort poised to bring significant relief to the region's key reservoir, officials announced Wednesday. |
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A federal judge on Thursday sentenced a white supremacist to 18 years in prison for conspiring to attack Baltimore's power grid in hopes of provoking a race war. |
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Branch out with a different read from The Hill: |
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House Agriculture Committee Chair Glenn "G.T." Thompson (R-Pa.) is meeting with congressional leaders on agricultural policy Thursday to try to secure a last-minute deal on passing the farm bill. | |
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News we've flagged from other outlets touching on energy issues, the environment and other topics: |
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Revealed: how the fossil fuel industry helps spread anti-protest laws across the US (The Guardian) Conspiracy Theorists and Vaccine Skeptics Have a New Target: Geoengineering (The New York Times)
The 'perfect' conditions that could make Hurricane Helene 'unsurvivable' (Grist)
- Why thieves aren't targeting EVs (Axios)
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Two key stories on The Hill right now: |
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A New York appeals panel on Thursday appeared wary of the state's civil fraud case against former President Trump that ended in a $464 million judgment against him and his business. Read more |
| North Carolina's State Board of Elections has removed 747,000 people from its list of registered voters within the last 20 months, officials announced Thursday in a press release. Read more |
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