Permitting reform emerges as key clean energy priority for Congress

A bipartisan deal on streamlining federal permitting could accelerate deployment of solar, wind, and transmission infrastructure, though significant political obstacles remain to reaching agreement.

First covered Jul 6, 2026 · 2:00 AM PT · 8 articles

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Coverage

3h Heatmap News Transcript: What a Permitting Reform Deal Could Look Like — There’s really one one good thing that could happen this year in Congress for clean energy: permitting reform.

3h Heatmap News What a Permitting Reform Deal Could Look Like — There’s really one one good thing that could happen this year in Congress for clean energy: permitting reform.

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23d Heatmap News The New Paper Arguing Biden’s Power Sector Emissions Cuts Are Largely Intact — Even Under Trump — Wait, is the climate policy landscape … in better shape than it looks? Just over a year ago, President Trump passed the One Big Beautiful Bill Act.

23d Heatmap News Transcript: The New Paper Arguing Biden’s Power Sector Emissions Cuts Are Largely Intact — Even Under Trump — This transcript has been automatically generated

23d Heatmap News Exclusive: New Report Says Trump Hasn’t Squashed Biden’s Clean Energy Buildout — When President Joe Biden signed the Inflation Reduction Act into law in 2022, climate observers — myself included — marked it as a landmark victory in the…

23d Shift Key (Robinson Meyer & Jesse Jenkins) The New Paper Arguing Biden’s Power Sector Emissions Cuts Are Largely Intact — Even Under Trump — Wait, is the climate policy landscape … in better shape than it looks? Just over a year ago, President Trump passed the One Big Beautiful Bill Act.

Primary sources

feeds.acast.com Shift Key with Robinson Meyer — cited by 2 of the outlets above

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