Some influential environmental groups use litigation and procedural statutes as deliberate levers to delay or kill permitting for energy and transmission projects. That tactic can produce a political equilibrium where building clean infrastructure becomes harder even as climate urgency rises.
— Recognizing litigation as an internal brake on decarbonization reframes policy debates about permitting reform, conservation law, and environmental movement strategy.
Jerusalem Demsas
2026.10.06
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Transcripted call where Center for Biological Diversity official Brett Hartl urged opposing the permitting bill that would limit litigation tools; CBD’s past role in blocking a 2022 permitting reform is cited.
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