Trump teases speedy environmental permitting for $1bn investments in US
Al Jazeera
The president-elect’s proposal came with scant details, but environmental groups likened it to a corporate ‘bribe’.
President-elect Donald Trump has teased the prospect of faster environmental approvals for companies and individuals investing at least $1bn in the United States.
As part of a flurry of social media posts on Tuesday, Trump indicated he planned to streamline the permitting process, as part of his plan to boost the US economy.
“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 his platform, Truth Social. “GET READY TO ROCK!!!”
But the post instantly sparked a backlash among advocacy groups, which saw the proposal as a means of undermining the country’s environmental protections.
The Sierra Club, one of the most prominent environmental groups in the US, even compared Trump’s plan to a “bribe”.
