OFFS - "Centrist Democrats" Seeking Bipartisan Agreement On Energy Permitting, Energy Project Funding

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Members of the Problem Solvers Caucus, a group of moderate members of both parties, on Thursday proposed a new framework for a potential bipartisan deal. Their framework includes provisions supported by Republicans to limit lawsuits over energy projects while also giving Democrats wins they’re seeking to build out more power lines — which they hope could get renewable energy onto the grid more quickly.

At the same time, the framework’s backers said the Trump administration will have to stop targeting renewables in order for a deal to actually be achieved. “If we keep on going in this process and we get near the finish line, and the argument becomes, ‘Hey, you guys are making this deal, and they’re not going to approve any of the green projects anyway,’ then it’s going to be very hard for us to keep the deal going forward,” said Tom Suozzi (D-N.Y.). “We need to see good faith, not only from our colleagues, which we’ve been seeing in our Problem Solvers Group, we need to see good faith in the White House also,” Suozzi added.

Ed. - Yeah, good luck with that.

Spokespeople for the White House, as well as the Interior Department, which has made several of the anti-renewable moves, did not respond to The Hill’s requests for comment. Even prior to the moves to block offshore wind, Democrats were raising concerns about the Trump administration’s assault on renewables. “We are stuck in a pickle of not being able to trust the Trump administration to execute fairly, faithfully in the words of the Constitution, whatever law we would pass,” Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.) told The Hill in July.

Whitehouse, the top Democrat on the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, said lawmakers will have to “get the assurances that we’re going to need from the Trump administration that whatever we agree to is actually going to be implemented by them and they’re not just going to cherry-pick” to only benefit “fossil fuel and Republicans” rather than “clean energy or Democrats.”

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https://thehill.com/policy/energy-environment/5511009-trump-green-energy-bipartisan-permitting-reform-wind-solar-green-energy-infrastructure/

[Walleye]

1. No, no no!

will have to “get the assurances that we’re going to need from the Trump administration that whatever we agree to.” Why on earth would anyone believe in assurances from the Trump administration since all they do is lie and they never bargain in good faith. Vote no on everything or we will get screwed