{"id":3687,"date":"2026-10-20T22:43:41","date_gmt":"2026-10-21T02:43:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vr-news.net\/?p=3687"},"modified":"2026-10-20T22:43:41","modified_gmt":"2026-10-21T02:43:41","slug":"a-blatant-giveaway-to-big-oil-and-big-tech-oil-change-international-opposes-potential-permitting-bill","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vr-news.net\/?p=3687","title":{"rendered":"A Blatant Giveaway to Big Oil and Big Tech: Oil Change International Opposes Potential Permitting Bill"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The Senate may imminently announce a permitting reform bill that would gut bedrock environmental laws to enable a massive buildout of fossil fuel infrastructure, data centers, and other projects that harm our climate. This \u201cdirty deal\u201d offers even greater concessions to Big Oil and Big Tech than previous iterations of the bill, while drastically curtailing communities\u2019 ability to voice their concerns about polluting projects planned for their area. <\/p>\n

In response, Oil Change International U.S. Campaigns Manager Collin Rees said: <\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cThis backdoor \u2018dirty deal\u2019 will worsen the climate crisis and put families at even greater risk of losing their homes and loved ones to extreme weather. The science is clear: There are no new fossil fuel projects compatible with a climate-safe future. Yet this \u2018dirty deal\u2019 would make it easier and faster for fossil fuel companies to steamroll community opposition to their polluting, climate-wrecking projects. <\/p>\n

\u201cThis \u2018dirty deal\u2019 threatens to raise electricity prices for working families by accelerating the buildout of energy-guzzling AI data centers and liquefied natural gas export projects. Our recent research<\/a> shows that the Trump administration\u2019s support for reckless AI development and greater gas exports drives up energy costs for households.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe all deserve a voice in the decisions that impact our lives. The \u2018dirty deal\u2019 shuts communities out of decisionmaking spaces, especially the Black, Brown, and Indigenous communities that are disproportionately harmed by polluting fossil fuel projects. We urge all senators to stand firm against this bill.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Senate may imminently announce a permitting reform bill that would gut bedrock environmental laws to enable a massive buildout of fossil fuel infrastructure, data centers, and other projects that harm our climate. This \u201cdirty deal\u201d offers even greater concessions to Big Oil and Big Tech than previous iterations of the bill, while drastically curtailing […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"registered_only","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[45],"tags":[742],"class_list":["post-3687","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-ciencia-y-tecnologia","tag-vr-news-net"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/vr-news.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3687","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/vr-news.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/vr-news.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vr-news.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vr-news.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3687"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/vr-news.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3687\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/vr-news.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3687"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vr-news.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3687"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vr-news.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3687"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}