A poison pill buried within the new debt ceiling deal would “gut” key elements of the nation’s bedrock environmental law in exchange for preventing a national default and could make it easier for highway-building agencies to expedite road projects that harm vulnerable communities for generations, advocates warn.
After tense negotiations with GOP lawmakers, a sprawling bill that would authorize the treasury to raise the debt limit in time to prevent a catastrophic June 5 default. Known in Washington as the Fiscal Responsibility Act of 2023, it includes a set of provisions that opponents say have “nothing to do” with the country’s ability to pay its creditors, but would have everything to do with enshrining car dependency on…
External feed Read More at the Source: https://usa.streetsblog.org/2023/06/02/the-debt-ceiling-deal-could-be-bad-news-for-freeway-fighters/
Sorry, the comment form is closed at this time.