Fossil-fuel subsidiesFiscal / market distortion
0.70Strengthened60% impact weight
Legislatively forcing approval of a fossil-gas pipeline and curtailing judicial review functions as a state intervention favoring fossil infrastructure.
legislationneeds reviewconfidence: medium
Manchin secures Mountain Valley Pipeline approval in the 2023 debt-ceiling deal
The Fiscal Responsibility Act of 2023, the bipartisan debt-ceiling agreement signed in June 2023, included a provision championed by Senator Joe Manchin directing federal agencies to approve all outstanding permits for the Mountain Valley Pipeline within 21 days and stripping the US 4th Circuit Court of Appeals of jurisdiction over related challenges. The natural-gas pipeline had been repeatedly stalled by litigation; the provision cleared its completion. Manchin framed it as energy-security infrastructure, while critics argued it short-circuited environmental review.
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The Fiscal Responsibility Act of 2023, the bipartisan debt-ceiling agreement signed in June 2023, included a provision championed by Senator Joe Manchin directing federal agencies to approve all outstanding permits for the Mountain Valley Pipeline within 21 days and stripping the US 4th Circuit Court of Appeals of jurisdiction over related challenges. The natural-gas pipeline had been repeatedly stalled by litigation; the provision cleared its completion. Manchin framed it as energy-security infrastructure, while critics argued it short-circuited environmental review.
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