Washington, D.C.— In response to the release of Senator Manchin and Senator Barrasso’s Energy Permitting Reform Act of 2024, the League of Conservation Voters released the following statement from Vice President of Federal Policy, Matthew Davis:

“The Energy Permitting Reform Act of 2024 is filled with more handouts to fossil fuel executives and gives a pass to Big Oil and Big Polluters to move forward with drilling and spilling that is harmful to our families, communities and the environment. It limits the Department of Energy on studying the very real impacts of liquid methane gas on consumers and the environment, attempts to stymie the Environmental Protection Agency’s efforts to reduce carbon pollution from power plants, and forces more of our public lands and waters to be leased to coal, oil, and gas companies. It is clear that this bill continues to do the bidding for Big Oil and is a blatant give away of our public lands. These environmentally damaging provisions are dangerous to communities and consumers, and must be rejected. Efforts to improve the resiliency of our electricity grids and the transition to clean energy must not be paired with fossil fuel handouts that continue to damage communities and our climate.”

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