Trump offers billionaires 'expedited approvals' on environmental projects

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

69% : CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APPLeading Trump's environmental efforts will be former Rep. Lee Zeldin as head of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), and North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum to lead the National Energy Council.
67% : While on the campaign trail, Trump vowed to make energy and the environment a key focus during his first few weeks in office.
49% : "Any person or company investing ONE BILLION DOLLARS, OR MORE, in the United States of America, will receive fully expedited approvals and permits, including, but in no way limited to, all Environmental approvals," Trump wrote on Tuesday.
48% : The announcement comes just weeks after it was reported that Trump is planning to expedite the permit approval process for environmental projects and expand drilling on federal land, according to Reuters.
34% : "They annihilated your steel mills, decimated your coal jobs, assaulted your oil and gas jobs and sold off your manufacturing jobs to China and other foreign nations all over the world," Trump said of the current administration.
24% : President Biden has blocked environmental approval processes during his tenure in the White House, such as canceling oil and gas leases initiated by Trump in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge in 2021, and most recently placing a pause on new liquefied natural gas (LNG) export permits.

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