"Democrats Divided Over Permitting Reform’s Climate Math" [1]
"Sen. Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) says a bipartisan energy bill would be a huge win for the climate; Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) says it would be a disaster.
The Democratic caucus is divided over whether to support legislation that seeks to speed up the nation’s energy build-out — largely based on disagreements about what its actual climate impacts would be.
Emissions analysts tell The Hill there’s good reason for the conundrum: It’s fairly unclear what the bill would mean for the climate due to political and economic uncertainties in the years ahead.
“It truly is hard to arrive at a top line for this, because it depends on assumptions about what the market is going to do,” said Derrick Flakoll, U.S. policy analyst at research firm BloombergNEF."