The White House wants to rev up projects across the nation by remodeling permitting policies that still protect the environment, Brenda Mallory, the new leader of its Council on Environmental Quality, told Bloomberg Law on Wednesday.
In her first interview since being confirmed for the job, Mallory said she wants to handle permitting in a way that enables “aggressive and high-charging deployment of renewable energies and other things.” That goal meshes with President Joe Biden’s $2 trillion infrastructure plan, which carves out hundreds of billions of dollars for roads, bridges, railways, airports, waterways, ports, and other types of construction.
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