“Given Congress’ composition, the signal our legislators sent with the 2025 Reconciliation Bill, and the Trump administration’s virtual lock on policy, permitting reform in this Congress is certain to virtually eliminate public participation and crucial environmental and health protections, opening the door to unchecked public lands exploitation without consideration of impacts to ecosystems and the communities that depend on them.” said Kyle Tisdel, Climate and Energy Program director at the Western Environmental Law Center. “A popular book advancing several myths about environmental protection and permitting has provided cover for those who want to push through widespread rollbacks of laws designed to protect communities and the environment. The history of deregulation in this country demonstrates that the public almost always loses to monied interests who take public resources. Ecological and community values are essential to a thriving, truly abundant world.”

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