by Teresa Tomassoni | Jan 14, 2026 | Clean Water Act, Dams, Drinking Water, EPA, Fossil Fuels, News, oil and gas, Oil and Gas Industry, Oil and Gas Infrastructure, Pipelines, Tribal Rights, Trump Administration, Water, Water Pollution
The Trump Administration on Tuesday proposed a new rule aimed at speeding up and streamlining the permitting process for large energy and infrastructure projects, including oil and gas pipelines and facilities tied to artificial intelligence. The rule, which does not require action by Congress, includes a suite of procedural changes to section 401 of the Clean Water Act — a law enacted in the…
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by Jesse Coburn | Nov 21, 2025 | car crash, Department of Transportation, Deregulation, News, PHMSA, Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration, Pipelines, Public Safety, railroads, Sean Duffy, Transportation, Trump Administration
On its face, the rule proposed in July by the country’s pipeline-safety regulator seemed innocuous. The regulator, a division of the U.S. Department of Transportation called the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration, was proposing what looked like minor, bureaucratic changes to its process for issuing regulatory waivers. Between the lines, PHMSA watchers saw a much more…
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