Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee
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California’s senators voted against taking up the permitting bill. Now Schiff is trying to change it
The Senate advanced the bipartisan package 73 to 25 on Monday and 62 to 21 on Tuesday, with the White House’s support; Sen. Adam Schiff has offered an amendment to strike its historic-preservation changes, which the…
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The Senate’s first test of the permitting deal comes Monday. What it would change for California projects
Senators are scheduled to vote about 5:30 p.m. Eastern on whether to begin debate on a bipartisan package that would rewrite environmental reviews, shorten lawsuit windows and require large data centers to pay for the power…
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In the Sable pipeline appeal, the Ninth Circuit will test how far the Defense Production Act reaches
The Trump administration says its Defense Production Act order to restart a Santa Barbara County oil pipeline protects fuel supplies for West Coast military bases, California says the order goes beyond what the law allows, and…
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California’s share of Colorado River cuts starts Jan. 1, but the three-state deal behind it is still unsigned
The Interior Department’s 2027-28 rules would cut California’s Colorado River water by 440,000 acre-feet a year if Arizona, California and Nevada sign an agreement to divide the reductions, and with nine weeks to go that agreement…
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Huffman, Natural Resources’ top Democrat, pushes back on the Senate permitting deal
The four senators behind a 417-page permitting overhaul call it a hard-won compromise; Rep. Jared Huffman says it does too little to protect clean energy and advises Democrats to wait for the midterms.
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Senate Democrats and environmental groups join California’s appeal over Energy Department order restarting Sable pipeline
The Energy Department says its Defense Production Act order shores up West Coast fuel supplies and military readiness; California, three Democratic senators and environmental groups are asking the Ninth Circuit to block it.