Presidential candidate Joseph Biden's official climate change plan proclaims "that every federal infrastructure investment should reduce climate pollution" and would require "any federal permitting decision to consider the effects of greenhouse gas emissions and climate change." That is an indication Biden would make it difficult for developers to obtain federal permits to build fossil fuel infrastructure such as pipelines and liquefied natural gas export facilities. To slow the permitting process, Biden could require onerous and lengthy reviews to evaluate whether a project's economic impact is outweighed by its potential emissions impact, i.e., he could make the process so burdensome and expensive for pipeline developers that they cancel the project.
