Washington, D.C.– In response to the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee voting on the Energy Permitting Reform Act of 2024, the League of Conservation Voters released the following statement from Vice President of Federal Policy, Matthew Davis: 

“Improvements to our electricity grids and transmission systems are an important part of transitioning to a clean energy economy, but pairing that with massive handouts to fossil fuel executives that harm communities and lock in decades of climate pollution moves our country in the wrong direction and exacerbates environmental racism. This legislation not only supports Big Oil’s wish list, but gives away our public lands and waters by extending drilling permits, increasing required fossil fuel lease sales, giving mining companies’ wide latitude to treat our public lands as mine waste dumping sites, and codifying the rubber stamping of LNG export projects. We cannot continue to let Big Oil and Big Polluters jeopardize the health and safety of our families and communities by putting their dangerous agenda ahead of people and the environment. We must continue and build on the climate progress made by the Biden-Harris administration on clean energy and transmission deployment while protecting our communities and public lands.”

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Additional Resources (PDF)

• Letter Opposing Energy Permitting Reform Act of 2024
• EJNCF Letter on Permitting Reform 2024
• Energy Permitting Reform Act LCV Fact Sheet