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1. YesterdayYahooAs Democrats seek changes to bill on energy permits, divisions emergeHouse Democrats are split over whether to revise the Senate's energy permitting bill now or defer action until their party takes control of Congress next year.1 outletEnergySenate advances bipartisan energy permitting bill as Democrats split20 linked
2. YesterdayYahooI worked to get Whitehouse elected. His permitting bill is 'troubling' | OpinionAn opinion column by Clean Water Action Rhode Island's state director criticizes Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse for co-sponsoring the Bipartisan American Affordability and Jobs Act, arguing its permitting changes would weaken state Clean Water Act authority.1 outletSenate advances bipartisan energy permitting bill as Democrats split21 linked
3. 2d agoYahooRepublican Senator Wants to Freeze AI Data Center Boom as Congress Pushes to Expand ItSen. Josh Hawley endorsed a federal data center construction moratorium until Congress passes a taxpayer "bill of rights" guaranteeing no rate increases, making him the first Senate Republican to back a national pause.

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   1. 4d agoPoliticoEarliestHawley backs nationwide data center moratorium
   2. 2d agoYahooPickupRepublican Senator Wants to Freeze AI Data Center Boom as Congress Pushes to Expand It

   EnergyAIVoters back data center limits in 2026 elections; Hawley seeks national moratorium21 linked
4. 2d agoMS NOW‘The bird in the hand’: Democrats face an early test on compromise and cost-of-living concernsSenate Democrats are split over a bipartisan permitting reform bill that would overhaul NEPA environmental reviews and expand electricity transmission, with a 73-25 procedural vote advancing it and passage possibly next week.1 outletEnergySenate advances bipartisan energy permitting bill as Democrats split20 linked
5. KJK3d agoKevin J. KircherBAAJA, data centers, and (un)affordabilityKircher and Cha argue that the Bipartisan American Affordability and Jobs Act (BAAJA) would accelerate data center buildout, weaken community input and environmental protections, and do little to reduce electricity bills.1 outletEnergyAISenate advances bipartisan energy permitting bill as Democrats split21 linked
6. 4d agoYahooOklahoma business leaders, federal delegation push for permitting reformOklahoma's State Chamber is running a billboard campaign backing federal permitting reform just as the Senate advanced the Bipartisan American Affordability and Jobs Act (S. 5653) on a 73-25 procedural vote, which tribal groups and House Democrats are opposing.

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   1. 4d agoYahooPickupOklahoma business leaders, federal delegation push for permitting reform
   2. 4d agoOklahomanEarliestOklahoma business leaders, federal delegation push for permitting reform

   EnergySenate advances bipartisan energy permitting bill as Democrats split54 linked
7. 5d agoAl JazeeraUS Senate advances major bill boosting energy infrastructureThe Senate advanced a sweeping permitting reform bill meant to fast-track energy, data center, and grid construction, despite continued Democratic and environmental group divisions.

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   1. 5d agoSemaforEarliestUS Senate backs permitting bill aimed at accelerating energy construction
   2. 5d agoAl JazeeraPickupUS Senate advances major bill boosting energy infrastructure

   EnergyAISenate advances bipartisan energy permitting bill as Democrats split45 linked
8. 4d agoYahooUS Senate to take up energy permitting bill votes next week, Whitehouse saysWhitehouse says the Senate will hold amendment votes and final passage on the Bipartisan American Affordability and Jobs Act permitting reform bill next week, following a 75-23 vote to advance it.1 outletEnergySenate advances bipartisan energy permitting bill as Democrats split26 linked
9. 6d agoYahoo · research by Rhodium GroupDemocratic US senators see hope for permitting bill ahead of key Senate voteThe Senate advanced Sen. Martin Heinrich's Bipartisan American Affordability and Jobs Act, a permitting reform bill to speed federal environmental reviews of energy projects, by a 73-25 cloture vote on Nov. 9, 2026, over opposition from tribes and environmental groups.

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   1. 9d agoSource NMNew analyses contend New Mexico US Sen. Heinrich’s permitting bill would cut emissions, costs
   2. 6d agoThe GuardianSenate votes on bill to speed up projects from gas pipelines to clean energy
   3. 6d agoYahooPickupDemocratic US senators see hope for permitting bill ahead of key Senate vote
   4. 5d agoLatitude MediaPickupSenate’s bipartisan permitting bill faces crucial test
   5. 5d agoSource NMEarliestUS Senate advances New Mexico US Sen. Heinrich’s controversial permit reform bill
   6. 5d agoInside Climate NewsSenate Advances Permitting Overhaul But Roadblocks Loom
   7. 5d agoReasonPickupSenate Advances Bipartisan Permitting Bill That Could Unleash Energy Development With Major Caveats
   8. 5d agoYahooPickupSenate Advances Bipartisan Permitting Bill That Could Unleash Energy Development With Major Caveats
   9. 4d agoYahooPickupMany liberals hate this bill to overhaul permitting. Democrats may help pass it anyway.
   10. 4d agoYahooPickupMany liberals hate this bill to overhaul permitting. Democrats may help pass it anyway.

   EnergySenate advances bipartisan energy permitting bill as Democrats split394 linked
10. 6d agoYahooSenate weighs sweeping energy legislation in first major action since midterm electionsThe administration has spent nearly $4 billion paying energy companies to relinquish offshore wind leases, which the permitting bill would end.

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    1. 6d agoYahooPickupSenate weighs sweeping energy legislation in first major action since midterm elections
    2. 6d agoAP NewsEarliestSenate weighs energy legislation amid data center backlash

    EnergyAISenate advances bipartisan energy permitting bill as Democrats split63 linked
11. 6d agoYahooNew Mexico US Sen. Heinrich urges Senate passage of permitting reform bill amid ongoing oppositionHeinrich and Whitehouse pressed the Senate to pass their permitting reform bill, the American Affordability and Jobs Act, after amendments failed to satisfy tribal and environmental opponents.

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    1. 6d agoYahooPickupNew Mexico US Sen. Heinrich urges Senate passage of permitting reform bill amid ongoing opposition
    2. 6d agoSource NMEarliestNew Mexico US Sen. Heinrich urges Senate passage of permitting reform bill amid ongoing opposition

    EnergySenate advances bipartisan energy permitting bill as Democrats split60 linked
12. 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.

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    1. 8d agoInside Climate NewsA US Senator’s Push to Fast-Track Pipelines Would Benefit His Former Company
    2. YesterdayInside Climate NewsEarliestTop Aide for a Senator Pushing a Permitting Bill Was Also on Staff at a Pipeline Company

    EnergySenate advances bipartisan energy permitting bill as Democrats split28 linked
13. 5d agoBreakthrough InstituteOn Anti-BAAJA BullshitBreakthrough Institute rebuts a series of activist and critic claims against the Bipartisan American Affordability and Jobs Act (BAAJA) ahead of its scheduled Senate consideration, arguing its NEPA, CWA and NHPA reforms would benefit clean energy.1 outletEnergySenate advances bipartisan energy permitting bill as Democrats split43 linked
14. 5d agoSource NMAll Pueblo Council of Governors condemns US Senate vote advancing permitting reform billPueblo leaders vowed to keep fighting Sen. Heinrich's permitting reform bill after the Senate advanced it 73-25, arguing it excludes tribal consultation on sacred lands.1 outletEnergySenate advances bipartisan energy permitting bill as Democrats split14 linked
15. 5d agoResources for the FutureProjected Effects of the Bipartisan American Affordability and Jobs Act on the Power SectorAn RFF issue brief models the Bipartisan American Affordability and Jobs Act and projects it would expand transmission, lower electricity system costs, and cut power-sector emissions versus baseline.1 outletEnergy29 linked
16. 5d agoLos Angeles TimesPresident Trump backs energy permitting bill on eve of Senate voteTrump endorsed a bipartisan Senate energy permitting reform bill as a procedural vote approached, despite opposition from House Democrats and environmental groups.1 outletEnergySenate advances bipartisan energy permitting bill as Democrats split19 linked
17. 10d agoHeatmapRenewables Super PAC Takes a Victory LapSenate negotiators released a manager's amendment to a federal permitting bill that revises transmission, project certainty, tribal historic preservation, and data center provisions ahead of a cloture vote.

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    1. 11d agoHeatmapDemocrats Win Control of Georgia’s Energy Regulator
    2. 11d agoHeatmapPickupIf This Was a Data Center Election, Data Centers Lost
    3. 10d agoHeatmapPickupBlue His House, With a Blue Little Window
    4. 10d agoHeatmapEarliestRenewables Super PAC Takes a Victory Lap
    5. 9d agoHeatmapPickupThe Anti-Utility Election
    6. 8d agoHeatmapPickupThe Last-Minute Changes to the Senate Permitting Deal, Explained
    7. 6d agoHeatmapPickupThe Senate Prepares for First Vote on Permitting Reform
    8. 5d agoHeatmapHouse Moderates Say Now Is the Time for Permitting Reform
    9. 4d agoHeatmapExclusive: Martin Heinrich on What’s Next for Permitting Reform
    10. 4d agoHeatmapExclusive: Coreshell Raises $30 Million to Replace Chinese Graphite With American Silicon
    11. 3d agoHeatmapRunning a Smart Home Energy System Takes a Lot of Software
    12. 2d agoHeatmapLots of Environmental Groups Oppose the Permitting Bill. This One Doesn’t.
    13. 2d agoHeatmapPickupTranscript: Lots of Environmental Groups Oppose the Permitting Bill. This One Doesn’t.
    14. 2d agoHeatmapPickupWhere Rising Electricity Prices Showed Up in the Blue Wave

    EnergySenate advances bipartisan energy permitting bill as Democrats split245 linked
18. 5d agoEarthjustice3 Environmental Wins from the Election. What Must Happen Next.Earthjustice reads the 2026 election results as a rejection of unchecked data center construction, fossil fuel protections, and CEQA rollbacks, and urges Senate opposition to the BAAJA permitting bill.1 outletEnergyVoters back data center limits in 2026 elections; Hawley seeks national moratorium24 linked
19. E9d agoEarthjusticeVoters Have Spoken: No Dirty Data CentersEarthjustice argues that voter opposition to data centers in the 2026 midterms should block the Senate's imminent vote on BAAJA, which it says would fast-track gas pipelines for data center power.

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    1. 9d agoEarthjusticeEarliestVoters Have Spoken: No Dirty Data Centers
    2. 5d agoEarthjusticePickupCongress Tweaks Permitting Bill, But Deal Remains Fatally Flawed

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20. 5d agoAxiosThe path ahead for the permitting billAxios reports that Democrats' midterm gains have cut analyst odds of a lame-duck permitting reform deal, even as the bill's Democratic co-authors and the White House push for passage now.

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    1. 10d agoAxiosEarliestDemocrats' big win clouds the permitting picture
    2. 6d agoAxiosPickupPlanet-sized problems collide in permitting debate
    3. 5d agoAxiosThe path ahead for the permitting bill

    EnergySenate advances bipartisan energy permitting bill as Democrats split50 linked
21. 8d agoKevin J. KircherTransparency and trust in energy modelingKircher rebuts Breakthrough Institute and American Gas Association criticism of his BAAJA emissions model, arguing his 2025-counterfactual approach and assumed 5% fossil production increase are defensible and that broader scope explains divergence from think-tank estimates.

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    1. 8d agoKevin J. KircherTransparency and trust in energy modeling
    2. 7d agoKevin J. KircherEarliestAddressing criticisms of my BAAJA modeling

    EnergySenate advances bipartisan energy permitting bill as Democrats split24 linked
22. 6d agoPoliticoCapitol agenda: Jeffries faces big choice on TrumpScalise directed GOP committee chairs to inventory likely Democratic investigations and potential administration targets ahead of the new Democratic majority.

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    1. 10d agoPoliticoEarliestSteve Scalise tells GOP chairs to prep for Democratic investigations
    2. 6d agoPoliticoHakeem Jeffries has a choice to make: Will he work with Trump?
    3. 6d agoPoliticoCapitol agenda: Jeffries faces big choice on Trump

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23. 8d agoInside Climate NewsDemocrats Vow to Reset “Values and Agenda” for House Natural Resources CommitteeIncoming House Natural Resources chair Jared Huffman outlines a Democratic agenda of oversight probes and counter-legislation, including opposition to the Senate permitting deal and the Yosemite land swap.1 outletEnergy4 linked
24. HMar 8Heatmap · research by Rhodium GroupVlad the DecarbonizerRhodium Group finds the Senate's BAAJA permitting bill would modestly cut U.S. emissions and energy bills by easing transmission and pipeline approvals, with a worst case of flat emissions.1 outletEnergySenate advances bipartisan energy permitting bill as Democrats split11 linked

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