The new energy permitting bill to feed the AI boom unites fossil fuels and clean power while dividing green energy and environmentalists | Fortune
Fortune's Jordan Blum reports on the Bipartisan American Affordability and Jobs Act, coauthored by senators Mike Lee, Sheldon Whitehouse, Martin Heinrich, and Shelley Moore Capito, which would speed permitting for everything from solar farms to gas pipelines and has drawn rare support from both the Trump White House and renewable energy backers. The Solar Energy Industries Association calls it the best permitting product yet, while Earthjustice Action and the Sierra Club say its tradeoffs gut environmental protections, and votes are unlikely before the November 3 midterms.
