DOE Chief Jennifer Granholm told Columbia U. summit the president is "obsessed" with project permit reform and expedited approvals—as G7 climate ministers agreed April 16 to pursue common goal of net zero through "various pathways," while still supporting natural gas development.
Nine bridge repair projects, split between rural and urban areas from the District of Columbia to San Diego, are receiving nearly $300 million from the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act.
West Virginia approval was vacated by a Richmond, Va., federal court, which cited errors and ordered a permit redo for the 303-mile line from the Marcellus shale region in the currently halted project's latest legal battle.
University researchers in West Virginia and South Dakota will gain $16M for front-end design of extraction facilities, with $450M also awarded for clean energy demonstration projects at mine sites across the U.S.