House GOP invokes renewable energy to win Democratic support for permitting reform

House Republicans are using clean energy to appeal to their Democratic colleagues as they mount an uphill battle to get bipartisan permitting reform passed before the end of the year. The House Natural Resources Committee began a debate on revamping the environmental review process during a lengthy hearing on Wednesday, which lasted nearly five hours and featured two separate panels of industry experts. The hearing focused on three bipartisan pieces of legislation aimed at accelerating the permitting process for infrastructure and energy projects, including one introduced by committee Chairman Bruce...