Andrew DamitioMay 10, 2023

It took under 11 years from the creation of NASA to the moon landing.

The timetable for Federal approval of a the Boardman to Hemmingway transmission line in NE Oregon is 16 years, with final CWA and BOR approval expected in 2024.

Concurrent state approval processes have taken almost as long. Oregon's review finished in 2022, and required the state Supreme Court to throw out challenges to the approval.

We can't meet our clean energy targets if it takes 16 years to approve transmission lines.

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Bluntly, the US lives on a legacy of projects completed before we regulated new construction into oblivion.

Would the CCC-built campgrounds and trails that comprise our recreation infrastructure been built under modern environmental review?

Archaic laws are stopping us from changing our built environment to become more environmentally friendly.

Does it make sense for renewable energy offsetting fossil fuels to be reviewed at the same intensity as new fossil fuel facilities?

May 10, 2023 at 5:28pmWeb