The Biden administration on Tuesday finalized its second set of changes to the nation’s environmental permitting rules, part of an ongoing bid to speed the build-out of renewable energy infrastructure.
The White House has sought to walk a fine line by encouraging developers to increase the pace at which they build clean energy projects and other types of infrastructure, while at the same time working to safeguard long-standing environmental protections.
The rule tries to strike a balance by creating a way for federal agencies to borrow decisions ...