A US Senator’s Push to Fast-Track Pipelines Would Benefit His Former Company - Inside Climate News
Inside Climate News reports that Sen. Alan Armstrong of Oklahoma, who led the Williams Companies for 15 years before his March appointment, has made permitting reform his priority, and that a bipartisan bill due for a vote would limit states' authority to block the disputed Constitution pipeline he long promoted. Armstrong holds tens of millions in Williams stock, hired former Williams colleagues, and environmental advocates and watchdogs say his role taints the bill, which also would restrict judicial review and scale back environmental reviews.
