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7 initial thoughts on the bipartisan permitting bill. (I have plenty more reading and analysis to do, this is just for tonight).
1. Good bipartisan compromise bill. No one gets everything they want, but it’s good.
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I have a joke about clean energy permitting, but it takes too long to get to the punchline.
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2. The emissions benefits for permitting clean energy infrastructure clearly outweigh any increased emissions from the oil/gas provisions. It’s not even close. Big net win for reducing CO2.
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What’s in the Manchin permitting bill? Here’s a quick run-down:🧵👇 1/14
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Huge bipartisan vote in favor of permitting reform!! 15-4. Passes out of ENR committee. This is a big deal. Congrats to all the Members, staff, and stakeholders that helped make this happen.
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There are 8 nights of Hanukah and 12 days of Christmas, but if it takes 8-12 years to site and permit interstate transmission lines, we’re all getting coal.
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3. Transmission provisions are a big deal.
a. Much more straightforward backstop than current law. All FERC and no DOE which also has the benefit of making it less political.
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I don’t know if the scientists that signed on didn’t actually read the letter or if they just didn’t bother to read the modeling that the letter criticizes. There are areas where reasonable people can have different opinions. But this letter is simply factually incorrect.
A Letter from 118 U.S. Scientists on the Climate Impacts of the Energy Permitting Reform Act
TO:
@SenateDems
@SenateGOP
@HouseDemocrats
@HouseRepubs
@MichaelEMann
@350
@billmckibben
@howarth_cornell
@ultracricket
@ClumpedIsotopes
@Prof_FSultana
@mzjacobson
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5. Geothermal categorical exclusions and leasing is a no-brainer policy. Glad this is in there.
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3b. The interregional planning requirement for transmission and expedited permitting process is highly consequential. Will be great for reliability, affordability, and emissions.
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7. Not everything that I would want is in the bill. Some of that is outside of ENR committee jurisdiction (e.g. judicial review and NEPA changes) and some within (e.g. CO2 and H2 pipelines). Regardless, the bill is good and I refuse to let the perfect be the enemy of the good.
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Permitting nerds, this is your time to shine. Bipartisan permitting reform this Congress. Cheaper energy, reduced emissions, better quality of life. Let’s do this.
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3c. Cost allocation language for interregional transmission is very common sense. Just the core economic and reliability benefits are required, rather than the “climate-y” blue state stuff. But that’s really all you need to make it work in a bipartisan way.
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4. The LNG provisions are highly unlikely to increase emissions. A 90 day deadline to decide 👍or👎 to exports AFTER the completion of an EIS is common sense. And there are of course very good geopolitical & emissions arguments for U.S. LNG to displace coal & Russian gas abroad.
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As promised, here's an explainer on what's in the bipartisan permitting bill that Senate ENR Committee is voting on tomorrow. TLDR, It's a great compromise bill where no one will love each detail. Good for energy affordability, reliability, and climate.
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I don’t want a lot for Christmas
There is just one thing I need
Permitting reform for energy projects
So that we can build with speed
Look how much the costs have grown
More emissions than are known
Make my wish come true
All I want is permitting reform round 2
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7. Increases the authority of
@FERC
to site electric transmission lines and fairly allocate costs. Replaces corridors concept with determination of national interest for specific transmission lines. This is probably the most important component of the whole bill. 8/
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Will do more analysis in the coming days. For now if you haven't seen it, our Goldilocks report on permitting reform is helpful for seeing the spectrum of options under consideration.
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You shouldn't need to quest for years and years to build clean energy projects. We can have high enviro standards, meaningful public engagement, and an efficient permitting system. There's bipartisan support. The holy grail is right there if we're willing to accept it.
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Great conversation today about inflation. Here's my favorite quote from
@JustinWolfers
on why gas tax holidays are a bad idea.
5️⃣ minute heads up! We're about to go live with
@ShaiAkabas
,
@DennisCShea_
,
@XanFishman
,
@DianeSwonk
, and
@JustinWolfers
.
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I'm a sucker for a good map that conveys new information.
@rorypjacobson
@ugbaad_kosar
and the team over at
@carbon_180
made a really nice one on siting DAC hubs. kudos.
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10. On balance, I think this will be helpful. It’s not perfect; there’s more work to do. But it’s a step forward. Without a more efficient permitting system, our chances of achieving net-zero by 2050 are ~0%. We need to build a lot of clean energy, & there’s no time to waste. 11/
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6a. Interesting solution to the Rosemont issue for ancillary mining activities. Rather than allowing ancillary activities on current mining claims, they create a separate path to use “mill sites” for that purpose with a reasonable process to permit those with the mining plans.
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6b. This solves the problem without opening the door for bad actors to take advantage, which is what opponents of a Rosemont “fix” feared.
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🚨Joint Statement from Sen. Manchin and Sen. Barrasso on Permitting Reform:
“We are in agreement that we must act to accelerate our permitting system and are committed to reaching a bipartisan solution that prioritizes American energy security, reliability and affordability.”
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We can do this. A bipartisan win for America is within our reach.
Sen. Joe Manchin said that lawmakers are “so close” to reaching a deal to reform the nation’s system for approving infrastructure projects.
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🎶Under the sea, under the sea,
Ocean carbon removal, should it get approval?
Let's study and see!
Up on the land, there's DAC and trees
Under the water, we have seaweed
Fertilization, alkaline placement
Under the sea🎶
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Energy nerds, you don’t get the night off. There’s a whole energy title in the Immigration/Security bill. (Pages 24-29 in the bill text). Spoiler alert: nuclear.
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Grey H2: produced by senior citizens in new alternative energy jobs program
Blue H2: Produced specifically in Michigan-not to be confused with Carolina Blue Hydrogen
Green H2: The fuel you want, but cannot have. Your jealousy burns with the fury of a combustion engine
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Yes. This is counterintuitive to some, but the crux of the issue is that electrification DOES NOT EQUAL decarbonization. If we electrify without a massive buildout of transmission lines, the result is more fossil fuel use because we won't be able to get renewables onto the grid.
"The analysis (by
@JesseJenkins
) found that if the US builds out transmission lines at the pace of the past 10 years (a glacial 1% annually), it would result in more coal and natural-gas consumption in 2030 than if the green energy-focused Inflation Reduction Act hadn’t passed."
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13 years of marriage with
@kcassling
. 5 stars. Strongly recommend. (For me. Not you. Back off. You have to find your own mate)
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“In essence, permitting reform is the missing piece, the sine qua non, of our national energy policy.”
Check out my new oped on permitting reform in
@thehill
Permitting reform is bipartisan, crucially important, and possible. Let’s do it!
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Love to see the support for the bipartisan permitting bill continue to grow. We can make people’s lives better with cheaper, more reliable energy and reduce emissions at the same time. There’s a reason why Democrats and Republicans can work together on this.
I was glad to see
@Sen_JoeManchin
&
@SenJohnBarrasso
advance their strong, bipartisan permitting reform bill out of committee last week. This bill is needed to accelerate American efforts to decarbonize our growing economy & strengthen our energy security and that of our allies.
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Great quote on permitting reform from
@RepScottPeters
at the
@USChamber
“No is the second best answer”
Permitting reform is about having an efficient process to get to yes or no. It’s not about ramming through bad projects. We can have high standards and an efficient process.
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If that special someone in your life loves the CBO *and* a price on carbon, this is the pdf for you. 🥰
How Carbon Dioxide Emissions Would Respond to a Tax or Allowance Price: An Update: Working Paper 2021-16
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8.Adds Hydrogen into the definition of “natural gas” in order to give
@FERC
clear regulatory authority of hydrogen pipelines. 9/
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carbon implies the existence of carboff.
Shoutout to everyone on
#energytwitter
working their carboff today to get👏CO2👏OUT👏OF👏THE👏ATMOSPHERE👏
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1. Basic Government Coordination: Codifying One Federal Decision, having a Lead Agency for reviews, basically giving energy the same coordination that transportation got in the IIJA. Also a dispute resolution mechanic so interagency disagreements don’t grind things to a halt. 2/
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As House Republicans are holding hearings on permitting reform with the BUILDER Act from
@RepGarretGraves
, Sen.
@ChrisCoons
is here at BPC also talking about the importance of permitting reform. This is a bipartisan policy priority that we can and will get done.
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Agree with this 100%. We don't need legislative doomerism any more than we need climate doomerism. There's a clear bipartisan deal to be made for the rest of the permitting reforms we need. This is a must. Let's make it happen.
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I'll be speaking about permitting reform next week at the National Press Club. Should be a great event put on by
@thehill
featuring
@SenatorHick
@RepJohnCurtis
and more! Register here:
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Yesterday, House Republicans passed H.R. 1 which included permitting reform for energy projects. Today, Democrats
@RepScottPeters
&
@SenAngusKing
have an op-ed calling for permitting reform for energy projects. A bipartisan deal is possible and necessary!
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How many times can I like this tweet? border carbon, permitting reform, bipartisan agreement. We're going to get this permitting reform deal done. Don't let typical D.C. pessimism hold sway. This is too important.
Sen Cassidy: We should be concerned with consuming high emissions Chinese electricity in manufactured goods. And we need permitting reform for pipelines and wires [paraphrase]
Sen Manchin: "Right on Brother"
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Beautiful day to walk to the Capitol to talk about bipartisan permitting reform with engaged Members.
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Has anyone considered simply going up one letter in the alphabet?
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Really enjoyed chatting with these two leaders in the Climate & Trade space this week. Lots of momentum. Exciting!
@SenWhitehouse
@SenBillCassidy
@BPC_Bipartisan
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2. Reasonable timelines for reviews and litigation: 2 year average for an EIS (currently over 4), 1 year average for Environmental Assessment. 150 day statute of limitation for court challenge. Annual reports from agencies on how they’re doing on meeting deadlines. 3/
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The rumors of permitting reform’s demise are greatly exaggerated.
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3 Reasons why “Direct Pay” is crucial for Clean Energy Tax Policy
[ 🧵with pictures!]
Context: Clean energy developers usually do not have sufficient tax liability to use clean energy tax credits themselves, hindering them from deploying next generation energy technology. 1/7
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And the bipartisan Climate and Trade hits keep on rolling this week.
@RepJohnCurtis
&
@RepScottPeters
just introduced the House version of the bipartisan Prove It Act. We'll have a fireside chat with them to discuss tomorrow at our Climate & Trade Summit.
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Big bipartisan vote in favor of Prove It Act. You love to see it. Congrats to
@SenCoonsOffice
and
@SenKevinCramer
NOW: PROVE It Act easily advanced through
@EPWCmte
by a 14-5 vote, with handful of Republicans in support
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This Wednesday at 11am, I'm sitting down with
@WhiteHouse
Senior Advisor
@johnpodesta
to discuss Permitting Reform live
@BPC_Bipartisan
.
What questions should I ask him?
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“If we’re not talking about policy that can pass, we’re merely a debating society” -
@SenBillCassidy
As the gen z kids say, So True.
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Upshot here is that “denying Manchin a win” is now gone as a barrier to bipartisan permitting reform, which increases the odds of getting it done.
To the West Virginians who have put their trust in me and fought side by side to make our state better – it has been an honor of my life to serve you. Thank you. My statement on my political future:
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Some ~professional~ news:
I've joined the amazing team at the Bipartisan Policy Center as Director of Energy Policy & Carbon Management.
Excited to be working on energy policy and fighting climate change with
@JasonGrumet
,
@SashaMackler
, Lesley Jantarasami, and the whole team.
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Great conversation yesterday on permitting reform with
@RepBuddyCarter
@RepScottPeters
@RepHoulahan
&
@RepGarretGraves
. I believe we can get a bipartisan permitting reform bill passed into law this year. Video in thread below if you missed the event.
@imaginephotographydc
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Check out this line on permitting from the Manchin press release!
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The new Carbon Negative Shot program
@ENERGY
is worth celebrating. Investing in Carbon removal is crucial for Net-Zero. Help me celebrate with your own shot for Carbon Negative Shot.
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Those who oppose carbon dioxide removal and storage underground have a strange alternative climate strategy…
...continuing to store carbon dioxide in our atmosphere.
Really don’t see how that works out well.
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Disappointed that Biden didn’t mention need for permitting reform in
#SOTU
last night. Lots of well-deserved hype for bipartisan infrastructure law, CHIPS+S, & clean energy tax credits. But w/o permitting reform, the climate and economic benefits will be less than advertised.
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@DoctorVive
@JesseJenkins
@rff
The key issue is that both of those potential emissions increases added together are less than the emissions benefits from the bipartisan permitting reform bill. That’s why if you care about climate change, it’s a deal worth taking.
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The perfect swan song for both Manchin and Barrasso leaving the helm of Energy & Natural Resources Committee? Bipartisan Permitting Reform.
Notably, Barrasso would still have to give up his top spot on the Energy Committee, if he were to win the No. 2 position in leadership
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Took the day off to go hiking with
@kcassling
for our 12 year wedding anniversary. Good choice today. Even better choice 12 years ago.
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3. Encourages use of programmatic review (studying categories of actions/areas for certain actions to make subsequent review of specific projects faster. Encourages categorical exclusions (heads up we have a whitepaper coming out on categorical exclusions in very near future) 4/
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You absolutely love to see it. DOE finalized 3 very common-sense categorical exclusions for transmission upgrades, solar, and battery/storage. This is good, let's do more!
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What changes does the debt limit bill make to NEPA? We have redlines in our new blog to make it crystal clear! We also explain all the other changes. Enjoy!
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Good news! We ranked this policy option as "promising" in our Goldilocks Permitting Reform report:
The NRC Commission voted to move forward with a Generic Environmental Impact Statement for advanced reactors. Importantly the decision moves forward with codification of the GEIS, instead of moving it to guidance. This is important for regulatory certainty.
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🚨Breaking!🚨
@ENERGY
just released a Request For Information on revising and creating categorical exclusions.
Exactly what our Smarter, Cleaner, Faster Infrastructure Task Force called for in the 3rd recommendation from our CE paper in Sept.
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You absolutely love to see it.
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I have to admit,
#HotFERCsummer
was fun, and I’m said to see it end. FERC and transmission infrastructure in general don’t get the love and attention they deserve. Kudos to
@RepCasten
for driving interest.
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4. Establishes list of 25 projects of national importance for priority review. List has quotas for different types of energy projects. All-of-the-above approach. 5/
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Direct Air Capture is clearly a key building block for net-zero
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Cloudy, but beautiful.
Writing policy reports: good
Talking to Members and staff about them: even better
Today’s topic? Permitting reform for energy projects.
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If this is a tactic to nudge Republicans to the negotiating table...fine...but as an actual tactic, it leaves a lot to be desired. We need LEGISLATION for policy certainty to launch infrastructure deployment at scale. FERC majorities can flip. Policy flip-flops stifle investment.
lots of permitting talk on the hill tomorrow.
@EnergyDems
hearing on bipartisan package. but with Dems aghast at how much Rs are demanding, Schumer and others are turning to FERC & elsewhere. but FERC is tricky -- both politically and technically
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Here's to the Members and infrastructure staffers on both sides of the aisle who pushed for YEARS for a big infrastructure bill. This is a big deal. Just Amazing. THE BIF IS A BFD.
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Excited to hear about the White House’s new Climate and Trade Task Force. At
@BPC_Bipartisan
, we’ve been digging deep on this issue for the past several years. The issue is ripe and bipartisan. Looking forward to action.
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Speed matters. Categorical Exclusions are an important form of NEPA compliance, allowing agency staff to focus limited time and resources on complicated projects rather than on easily-understood projects with proven records. Recommendations here:
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More momentum in the Climate-Trade space. Very happy to see
@BillCassidy
's thought leadership in this space. Bipartisan progress is possible here.
SCOOP: Senate Republicans introduce a climate bill — aimed at China. Got an exclusive look at
@BillCassidy
's long-awaited foreign pollution fee bill, which drops today and is the first GOP-led proposal to inject climate change policy into U.S. trade rules
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Rise and Shine! It’s Permitting Day! Let’s do this!
As promised, here's an explainer on what's in the bipartisan permitting bill that Senate ENR Committee is voting on tomorrow. TLDR, It's a great compromise bill where no one will love each detail. Good for energy affordability, reliability, and climate.
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Big week for Climate and Trade!! This Wednesday is our Climate and Trade Summit with an all-star cast. You should come! And today we're releasing a new report (described in next thread).
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New report from BPC's Direct Air Capture Advisory Council on financing the full innovation life-cycle for DAC!
Most reports on innovation lifecycle focus on each tech stage: lab, pilot, demo etc. We take a different approach and map out 4 different types of risk to overcome. 1/4
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I would be lying if I didn't say I was sad at this news. When
@JasonGrumet
recruited me to join
@BPC_Bipartisan
2 years ago, I was excited about working towards the vision of the organization. But I was just as excited about the chance to work with Jason 1/
Over the last 15 years at
@BPC_Bipartisan
, I have had the time of my life engaging in good arguments, leading an incredible staff as they solve the nation’s toughest issues, and most importantly, keeping bipartisan collaboration alive in Washington, D.C.
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Extremely excited to share this new synthesis report on permitting reform "Finding the Goldilocks Zone for Permitting Reform." In the report we rank 70 options for permitting reform along two dimensions: effectiveness and controversy. 🧵1/x
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The newest IPCC report is crystal clear "The deployment of CDR to counterbalance hard-to-abate residual emissions is unavoidable if net-zero CO2 or GHG emissions are to be achieved." Read more from
@LJantarasami
@CarolineNormile
@DannyBroberg
@Fellow_Meron
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Agree. When considering options for decarbonizing, the right answer is usually AND, not OR.
Incredibly frustrating to see enviro groups who allegedly see climate change as a "crisis" regularly & actively opposing solutions. NY has 1 of most aggressive decarbonization timelines in the nation & this line is key to those plans. Offshore wind is supplement NOT alternative.
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It’s Carbon day! Let’s spread the holiday C-heer! In honor of the 6 protons, 6 neutrons, and 6 electrons in your standard Carbon-12 isotope (atomic mass ~12.01, i.e. why today 12/1 is Carbon day), I’m going to list 6 positive, 6 neutral, and 6 negative things about Carbon. 1/20
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This is an exciting bill from
@RepPaulTonko
and
@RepScottPeters
. The IPCC report made clear that CDR is crucial for achieving climate goals. Leveraging federal procurement to drive investment, innovation, and scale is smart policy.
Today
@RepScottPeters
and I introduced the Federal CDR Leadership Act to jump-start carbon removal in the United States.
Through this legislation, we can deploy innovative technologies, create good jobs & boost economic development all while combating the
#ClimateCrisis
!
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My Takeaways:
1. Need to more than 2x pace of transmission buildout
2. If not, a) 80% of modelled IRA ghg reductions won't happen, and b) we !increase! domestic use of natural gas & coal
Can't 2x under current policy. Need legislation to improve siting/permitting/cost allocation.
NEW analysis out on the importance of electricity transmission expansion to unlock the full emissions reduction potential (& health benefits) of the
#InflationReductionAct
:
Read on to learn why 100s of millions of tons are at stake.
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Great to see this new bill from
@SenKevinCramer
and
@ChrisCoons
. Linking climate and trade is an area of growing bipartisan interest, and it all starts with data. This is a space where policy and bipartisan politics align. Exciting!
New:
@ChrisCoons
and
@SenKevinCramer
will introduce a bipartisan bill today to lay the groundwork for America’s first carbon border tax.
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Spent yesterday afternoon talking about permitting reform with the House Supply Chain Caucus. Great bipartisan leadership from
@RepDavidRouzer
@RepColinAllred
@RepDustyJohnson
and
@RepAngieCraig
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Read my new oped in
@thehill
on Border Carbon Adjustments, and why I'm optimistic that there's a bipartisan path forward. Spoiler alert: China will be a key bipartisan motivator for action.
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“I do think there is the opportunity to get something bipartisan done on climate”
-
@SenBillCassidy
#DACDay
#BPCLIVE
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6yo and I discussing this morning that our last name would be significantly cooler if it started with Bat rather than Fish.
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