Army Corps Looks to Rework Water Permit to Limit New Pipelines

Because of constant court challenges, the Trump administration completed a redo of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nationwide Permit 12 (NWP12), a general permit used in constructing pipelines, just prior to leaving office. From the beginning of the Biden administration, anti-fossil fuel fanatics have attacked NWP12, hoping they can cancel it or otherwise make it so onerous nobody will use it (see Antis Pressure Biden to Remove O&G Pipes from Army Corps NWP12). Now the Army Corps is about to give antis a way to do just that.

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