The SPEED Act must be stopped.
It passed the house and is now in the Senate.
#SPEEDact #STOPtheSPEEDact #NEPA #EPA
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HB4776 is an attack on the environment & local choice in pushy big-industry projects. It passed the House, so make sure your Senators reject it.
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Donald Trump hates wind turbines. He just came up with a new excuse. They confuse radar, so it's a national security problem.
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SPEED Act passes in House despite changes that threaten clean power projects https://arstechni.ca #environmentalreview #syndication #speedact #Policy
a smoggy city where you can barely make out the trees... And maybe some buildings, to be honest, I can barely tell. “The SPEED Act sacrifices community voices and environmental standards as a hasty concession to industry, allowing fossil fuel and corporate polluters to cut corners, suppress science, and sideline communities during routine review procedures.” “We reject the SPEED Act’s inadequate solutions. It is legislation at the expense of community and environmental well-being...” – Pablo DeJesús, Executive Director, @uusj.dc Read the Statements Here: https://oilchange.org/news/speed-act-house/ Background: UUSJ joined Environmental and Frontline Groups to Raise the Alarm about the House Passage of the #SPEEDAct. This bill would change the way the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) is viewed within agencies and its role in providing a community check on potentially impactful projects. It still needs to pass the Senate so we are watching it.
@uusj.bsky.social joined Environmental and Frontline Groups to Raise the Alarm about the House Passage of the #SPEEDAct.
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Cutting time on project reviews would be a good thing, but eliminating core guardrails would be disastrous for communities.
The acronym chosen for this seems appropriate, since you'd have to be on speed or cocaine to think this is a grand idea. #SPEEDAct
The so-called #SPEEDAct would even block the courts from stepping in when an agency breaks the law.
![A vote for the SPEED Act is a vote for Project 2025, unhinged deregulation, and more power in the hands of extractive industries.
And after passing the House Natural Resources committee, it has an alarming chance to continue through the House.
THE SPEED ACT IS GOING TO A VOTE THIS COMING MONDAY ON DECEMBER 8TH, SO WENEED TO SPEAK UP NOW.
Call or email your representative at
congress.gov/contact-us or dial (202) 224-3121
for the U.S. House switchboard operator to request your representative's office.
SAMPLE CALL SCRIPT:
"Hi, I'm [Namel calling from [Town]. I'm calling to ask Representative
to oppose the SPEED Act, H.R.
4776. This bill would devastate opportunities for public participation in project development decisions, undermine scientific progress, contribute to widespread ecological harm, and steal more from Americans' already vulnerable public lands and environmental health safeguards."](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:cw5lbnhcdpnuneslnsxbqxif/bafkreidoywp5vhxpv56e6rr7gy7zrey7755jfe3bxs7rgd2qabw5ggavqe)
A vote for the SPEED Act is a vote for Project 2025, unhinged deregulation, and more power in the hands of extractive industries. And after passing the House Natural Resources committee, it has an alarming chance to continue through the House. THE SPEED ACT IS GOING TO A VOTE THIS COMING MONDAY ON DECEMBER 8TH, SO WENEED TO SPEAK UP NOW. Call or email your representative at congress.gov/contact-us or dial (202) 224-3121 for the U.S. House switchboard operator to request your representative's office. SAMPLE CALL SCRIPT: "Hi, I'm [Namel calling from [Town]. I'm calling to ask Representative to oppose the SPEED Act, H.R. 4776. This bill would devastate opportunities for public participation in project development decisions, undermine scientific progress, contribute to widespread ecological harm, and steal more from Americans' already vulnerable public lands and environmental health safeguards."
![SAMPLE CALL SCRIPT:
"Hi, I'm [Namel calling from [Town]. I'm calling to ask Representative
to oppose the SPEED Act, H.R.
4776. This bill would devastate opportunities for public participation in project development decisions, undermine scientific progress, contribute to widespread ecological harm, and steal more from Americans' already vulnerable public lands and environmental health safeguards."](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:cw5lbnhcdpnuneslnsxbqxif/bafkreiey3ecchbbdshcmwy3ew7jsnaxtqpm6bqk5ousid2zx2sbupe7kai)
SAMPLE CALL SCRIPT: "Hi, I'm [Namel calling from [Town]. I'm calling to ask Representative to oppose the SPEED Act, H.R. 4776. This bill would devastate opportunities for public participation in project development decisions, undermine scientific progress, contribute to widespread ecological harm, and steal more from Americans' already vulnerable public lands and environmental health safeguards."
A vote for the #SPEEDAct is a vote for #Project2025, unhinged deregulation, and more power in the hands of extractive industries.
Floor vote = week of 12/15.
Call or email your rep @ congress.gov/contact-us or dial (202) 224-3121 for the switchboard operator to request your rep's office.
Do you love Project 2025, unhinged deregulation, and more pollution in your neighborhood? No? Okay, then here's 3 REASONS TO OPPOSE THE SPEED ACT The Standardizing Permitting and Expediting Economic Development (or SPEED) Act (H.R. 4776) is yet another attempt to push the Trump administration's so-called "energy dominance" agenda, which seeks to bulldoze over community concerns in support of fossil fuel and Big Tech's power and wealth. Masquerading as a solution to faster energy development, the SPEED Act would actually accomplish core deregulation goals outlined in Project 2025, including... REASON #1-
Do you love #Project2025, unhinged deregulation and more pollution in your neighborhood? No?
Masquerading as a solution to faster energy development, the #SPEEDAct would actually accomplish core deregulation goals outlined in Project 2025, including...
Please take action today by calling or emailing your House representative to urge them to oppose the bill. Here is a resource to find your House representative's contact information. You can also call (202) 224-3121 to be connected to their office line.
#PermittingReform #SPEEDAct
Dems in particular must not—esp with the Trump admin in power for 3 more years—surrender America’s bedrock community & enviro protex to fossil fuels/Big Tech/extraction intent on looting public resources for profit w/o regard for the consequences to people, their communities, & our world.
#SPEEDAct
But to do that, we first need to fight back against the power, wealth, and influence of the fossil fuel, Big Tech, and extractive lobbyists who are saturating Washington, D.C., by defeating the #SPEEDAct.
#PermittingReform
We can build the green infrastructure required of the 21st Century without compromising public lands and environmental safeguards. The climate and biodiversity crises demand swift action to strengthen these safeguards.
#PermittingReform #SPEEDAct
5. The prior administration made substantial improvements to permitting including much-needed resources that accelerated permitting timelines. The Trump administration took away those resources.
#PermittingReform #SPEEDAct
4. Congress has already updated NEPA with deadlines that are meaningfully reducing permitting times.
#PermittingReform #SPEEDAct
3. Less than a quarter of a percent of NEPA decisions annually end up in court.
#PermittingReform #SPEEDAct
2. Experts agree any delays that do exist are rooted in chronic underfunding and under-staffing federal agencies.
#PermittingReform #SPEEDAct
Here are the facts:
1. Permitting delays are wildly exaggerated by deregulatory interests.
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And the premise for needing #SPEEDAct #PermittingReform is essentially made up. Check out this cool story map from @weact4ej.bsky.social:
Horrifically, even if a court found that a project violated federal law, the #SPEEDAct would allow it to proceed w/o correcting the violations. It would gut NEPA’s central purpose: to ensure all federal agencies look before they leap and consider the env. impacts of their actions.
#PermittingReform
The bill would weaken environmental review, severely restrict the public's ability to know about and engage in agency actions, and sharply limit courts' power to hold federal agencies accountable to the rule of law.
#PermittingReform #SPEEDAct
The bill seeks to bulldoze over community concerns in support of fossil fuel and Big Tech power, wealth, and influence. Unfortunately, far too many centrists, who also support the fossil fuel and Big Tech industries, appear inclined to support the bill as well.
#PermittingReform #SPEEDAct
Take action today: Call or email your house rep. Tell your house rep: A vote for the speed act is a vote for project 2025. The speed act would gut environmental protex nationwide, prioritize private profit over public health, silence the voices of frontline communities, severely limit the public's right to legal recourse
The far right wants to gut the nation’s bedrock environmental law with the #SPEEDAct (H.R. 4776). It's an extension of the "energy dominance" agenda, and a deregulatory nightmare.
𝐀 𝐯𝐨𝐭𝐞 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐒𝐏𝐄𝐄𝐃 𝐀𝐜𝐭 𝐢𝐬 𝐚 𝐯𝐨𝐭𝐞 𝐟𝐨𝐫 #𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐣𝐞𝐜𝐭𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟓.
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called the #SPEEDAct introduced by Rep #BruceWesterman, the Republican chairman of the #NaturalResourcesCommittee, a “huge step forward,” according to a post on X from #Politico reporter Josh Siegel. But Peters hinted that getting the #legislatioto the
Natural Resources last night so eye catching. The bipartisan SPEED Act — which Heatmap’s Jael Holzman described as doing “stuff energy developers of all stripes say they want” including “time-clocks on when federal permits are issued and deadlines on when court challenges can be filed” #speedact
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JUST IN: Joint Chiefs Vice Chair Focused on ‘Foundational’ Over Flashy Emerging Tech | Story by Laura Heckmann | #Navy #EmergingTechETI #SPEEDAct
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