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- 8d agoInside Climate NewsA US Senator’s Push to Fast-Track Pipelines Would Benefit His Former Company
- YesterdayInside Climate NewsEarliestTop Aide for a Senator Pushing a Permitting Bill Was Also on Staff at a Pipeline Company
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A US Senator’s Push to Fast-Track Pipelines Would Benefit His Former Company
Why it’s here: Directly covers a pending Senate permitting reform bill, EPA Clean Water Act rulemaking, FERC proceedings, and DOE funding tied to a specific pipeline, with ethics questions about a senator's former company.
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8d agoInside Climate NewsA US Senator’s Push to Fast-Track Pipelines Would Benefit His Former CompanyInside Climate News reports that Sen. Alan Armstrong's chief of staff, T. Lane Wilson, kept his Williams Companies general counsel role during his Senate stint while Armstrong pushed a permitting bill that would benefit Williams. EnergySenate advances bipartisan energy permitting bill as Democrats split28 linked
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22 links- NewsTop Aide for a Senator Pushing a Permitting Bill Was Also on Staff at a Pipeline CompanyBoth involve Bipartisan Affordability and American Jobs Act, Alan Armstrong, Williams Companies
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- NewsSenate Advances Bipartisan Permitting Bill That Could Unleash Energy Development With Major CaveatsBoth involve Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, Bipartisan Affordability and American Jobs Act, Clean Water Act
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