{"id":2671252,"date":"2026-09-27T09:08:34","date_gmt":"2026-09-27T13:08:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/china-isnt-waiting-for-permits-us-leaders-warn-its-quicker-to-get-a-college-degree-than-to-power-america\/"},"modified":"2026-09-27T09:10:40","modified_gmt":"2026-09-27T13:10:40","slug":"china-isnt-waiting-for-permits-us-leaders-warn-its-quicker-to-get-a-college-degree-than-to-power-america","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/china-isnt-waiting-for-permits-us-leaders-warn-its-quicker-to-get-a-college-degree-than-to-power-america\/","title":{"rendered":"China Isn&#8217;t Waiting for Permits: US Leaders Warn It&#8217;s &#8216;Quicker to Get a College Degree&#8217; Than to Power America"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">38<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fchina-isnt-waiting-for-permits-us-leaders-warn-its-quicker-to-get-a-college-degree-than-to-power-america%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2671252&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Energy policy leaders are urging Congress to pass a bipartisan permitting reform deal before the upcoming midterm elections to streamline federal approvals for energy projects. Senate negotiators are close to finalizing a package that aims to reduce the lengthy permit process, which currently exceeds the time required to obtain a college degree, due to overanalysis and legal fears. This agreement requires approval from both congress and the President. Key negotiators include Republican Senators shelley Moore capito and Mike Lee, and Democratic Senators Sheldon Whitehouse and Martin Heinrich. The push for permitting reform is motivated by political incentives and a desire for regulatory predictability, especially as lawmakers who championed the effort will leave their positions soon. The discussion also touched on broader energy and climate issues, including litigation against energy companies, the role of the Supreme Court, and international cooperation on climate policies.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><br \/>\n<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\"><br \/>\n<?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><html><body><\/p>\n<section> \t\t\t\t<script>console.log(\"ad slot (AC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC2)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC3)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC4)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (REP_0)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p>WASHINGTON \u2014 Energy policy leaders urged Congress on Thursday to pass a bipartisan permitting deal before the fast approaching midterm elections.<\/p>\n<p class=\"LexicalEditorTheme__paragraph\">Senate negotiators are close to a package that would speed up federal approvals for energy projects, Jeremy Harrell, CEO of ClearPath and ClearPath Action, said during a Thursday panel discussion co-hosted by the Daily Caller and the Daily Caller News Foundation. The panel was part of \u201cDaily Caller Live: The New Age of American Power,\u201d an event which Harrell\u2019s nonprofit presented.<\/p>\n<p class=\"LexicalEditorTheme__paragraph\">\u201cIt\u2019s quicker to get a college degree in this country than it is to get a permit,\u201d Harrell said. He noted that regulators and developers overanalyze projects during federal environmental reviews to protect themselves from lawsuits.<\/p>\n<p class=\"LexicalEditorTheme__paragraph\">Any agreement would still need to pass the House and Senate and receive President Donald Trump\u2019s signature to become law.<\/p>\n<p class=\"LexicalEditorTheme__paragraph\">\u201cI think we\u2019re going to see a package get across the finish line,\u201d Harrell said. \u201cI think there\u2019s political reasons for both parties to want to get this done before the election. It\u2019s possible that we\u2019ll even see a proposal out in the next couple weeks.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"LexicalEditorTheme__paragraph\">Republican Sens. Shelley Moore Capito of West Virginia and Mike Lee of Utah, who respectively chair the Environment and Energy committees, are negotiating the package with the top Democrats on those panels, Sheldon Whitehouse of Rhode Island and Martin Heinrich of New Mexico, respectively, according to Harrell. Whitehouse <a class=\"LexicalEditorTheme__link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.newenglandcouncil.com\/news-article\/whitehouse-bipartisan-permitting-reform-bill-down-to-the-last-strokes\/\">said<\/a> Monday in an address to the New England Council that negotiators were \u201cdown to the last strokes.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"LexicalEditorTheme__paragraph\">Harrell spoke on the panel alongside former Republican Texas state Rep. Jason Isaac, founder and CEO of the American Energy Institute, and Liam Donovan, executive director of America Leads Alliance. Daily Caller senior politics editor Will Upton moderated the discussion.<\/p>\n<p class=\"LexicalEditorTheme__paragraph\">The panel followed a Wednesday forum on climate lawsuits at the National Press Club, where former Attorney General Bill Barr told\u00a0the DCNF that those cases could strengthen China and Russia.<\/p>\n<p class=\"LexicalEditorTheme__paragraph\">\u201cIn my 20 years in Washington, I think the parties have never been closer at wanting to do a broader package that provides some regulatory predictability for developers,\u201d Harrell said during the panel. \u201cPermit reform now is the time.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"LexicalEditorTheme__paragraph\">Lawmakers who have led the effort, including Republican Arkansas Rep. Bruce Westerman, chairman of the House Natural Resources Committee, will leave their committee posts in January, according to the ClearPath CEO.<\/p>\n<p class=\"LexicalEditorTheme__paragraph\">Isaac, whose American Energy Institute represents energy producers, called for a firm deadline on permit decisions, which Texas adopted while he served in the state legislature. The deadline brought liquefied natural gas export facilities to the state, he said. Isaac also praised Energy Secretary Chris Wright for \u201ctrying to undo decades of mad energy and environment policy.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"LexicalEditorTheme__paragraph\">Harrell also urged Republican governors to \u201clean in\u201d and \u201cshow a more practical path forward\u201d on American energy, pointing to Texas as a state that sets model policy.<\/p>\n<p class=\"LexicalEditorTheme__paragraph\">The Environmental Law Institute\u2019s (ELI) Climate Judiciary Project has trained more than 2,000 judges on climate issues at more than 55 events since 2018, Isaac said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"LexicalEditorTheme__paragraph\">\u201cWe can\u2019t find out who those judges are,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"LexicalEditorTheme__paragraph\">Isaac said the institute has partnered with at least three universities in China. State Armor, a national security group, launched a six-figure advertising campaign Tuesday pressing Congress to investigate the institute in part over alleged China ties, the DCNF first reported.<\/p>\n<p class=\"LexicalEditorTheme__paragraph\">The institute <a class=\"LexicalEditorTheme__link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.eli.org\/news\/about-climate-judiciary-project\">says<\/a> on its website that the project provides education and does not advise judges on how to rule in any case.<\/p>\n<p class=\"LexicalEditorTheme__paragraph\">Donovan, whose group opposes climate liability lawsuits, said the Supreme Court offers \u201ca huge opportunity\u201d to set limits on them when it hears Suncor Energy v. County Commissioners of Boulder County on Oct. 5.<\/p>\n<p class=\"LexicalEditorTheme__paragraph\">\u201cYou don\u2019t have to have a JD [law degree] to understand that states cannot and should not be regulating emissions of molecules that can\u2019t possibly stop at state lines,\u201d he told the panel.<\/p>\n<p class=\"LexicalEditorTheme__paragraph\">Boulder County, the city of Boulder and San Miguel County <a class=\"LexicalEditorTheme__link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.climatecasechart.com\/collections\/board-of-county-commissioners-of-boulder-county-v-suncor-energy-u-s-a-inc-_be5980\">sued<\/a> Suncor and ExxonMobil in 2018 to recover the costs of adapting to wildfires and extreme heat. The justices <a class=\"LexicalEditorTheme__link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.supremecourt.gov\/docket\/docketfiles\/html\/public\/25-170.html\">agreed<\/a> Feb. 23 to review a Colorado Supreme Court ruling that allowed the case to proceed.<\/p>\n<p class=\"LexicalEditorTheme__paragraph\">\u201cI think upward mobility is at stake,\u201d Jennifer Hernandez, a partner at Holland and Knight, told the DCNF after Wednesday\u2019s forum. \u201cI think the wrong decision could plunge even more families into poverty.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"LexicalEditorTheme__paragraph\">Donovan said the lawsuits target companies for \u201cfully compliant, fully legal behavior that was serving a market demand.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"LexicalEditorTheme__paragraph\">Democrats are campaigning on high gas prices, but in state capitals they \u201cwill continue to impose policies, vote for laws that make your energy more expensive,\u201d Donovan said in closing remarks. State climate superfund laws, which charge oil and gas companies for past emissions, are intended to raise energy prices, he said. \u201cThis is what they say it\u2019s meant to do.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"LexicalEditorTheme__paragraph\">Isaac said the United States produces energy more responsibly than any other country and that its energy \u201cis the key to ending poverty around the world.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"LexicalEditorTheme__paragraph\">The Supreme Court is <a class=\"LexicalEditorTheme__link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.scotusblog.com\/cases\/suncor-energy-inc-v-county-commissioners-of-boulder-county\/\">expected<\/a> to rule in the Boulder case by the end of its term in June 2027, according to SCOTUSblog.<\/p>\n<div class=\"disclaimer\">\n<p>All content created by the Daily Caller News Foundation, an independent and nonpartisan newswire service, is available without charge to any legitimate news publisher that can provide a large audience. 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