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The Guardian - US
The Guardian - US
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Mark Oliver

US interior agency to fast track fossil fuel and mining permits over ‘fake emergency’

An  oil refinery
Deer Park Complex oil refinery and petrochemical plant, owned by Petróleos Mexicanos (Pemex), in Houston, Texas, on 8 March 2025. Photograph: Bloomberg/Getty Images

The US interior department has announced plans to radically fast track permitting for projects involving fossil fuels and mining citing Donald Trump’s ‘energy emergency’ declaration that many experts say does not exist.

The move would reduce to a maximum of 28 days permitting procedures that previously could take multiple years, the department said late Wednesday.

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