Key legislators introduced bipartisan legislation Friday in the hopes of succeeding where others have failed and revamping the federal environmental review process for infrastructure and energy ...

Critics warn the changes would deprive states and tribes of their rights and weaken freshwater-quality protections.

Republicans in the House advanced several permitting bills this week, fueling the bipartisan effort to pass significant reforms to the federal environmental review and approval process for energy and ...

WASHINGTON — The House approved legislation Thursday aimed at speeding up permitting reviews for new energy and infrastructure projects that now take five or more years to complete, as lawmakers seek ...

Too often, projects related to the 2021 federal infrastructure rebuilding effort were slow to move forward, weighed down by permitting processes, rising labor costs and other obstacles, a Washington, ...

In the push for more efficient and streamlined permitting processes, recent changes from Congress, the U.S. Supreme Court, and the executive branch have reshaped the National Environmental Policy Act ...

FILE - Cars drive past data centers that house computer servers and hardware required to support modern internet use, such as artificial intelligence, in Ashburn, Virginia, July 16, 2023. (AP ...