Fossil fuel, green energy groups team up in rare joint effort to push permitting reform

Boulder County GOP spokesman Charlie Danaher slams Louisville considering an ordinance that would leave the town of 21,000 residents with only six gas stations., clean energy and labor unions penned a letter to Congress on Monday morning, urging it to take action on permitting reform to ensure energy infrastructure development.

"Today, the single biggest obstacle to building the infrastructure of the future is a broken permitting system," the letter stated."Public and private sector infrastructure projects will improve our economy and the lives of millions of Americans. Investing in highways, bridges, transit systems, and ports will move people and goods more quickly and efficiently."

In the letter, the coalition noted that permitting reform has sweeping support"across the ideological spectrum" and that there is an understanding the current system is broken. The groups also acknowledged they don't agree on many issues, but that they are committed toThey further stated that they were united on bolstering predictability, efficiency, transparency and stakeholder input on project permitting processes.

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