Trump promises ‘fully expedited’ permits for anyone investing $1 billion in US
US President-elect Donald Trump has pledged “fully expedited permits”, including environmental approvals, for companies that invest $1 billion in the country. Although he did not specify who would be eligible for the fast-tracked approvals, energy projects, including natural gas pipelines, export terminals, solar farms and offshore wind turbines, meet the billion-dollar criteria. In a post…