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Environment NGOs deplore US debt ceiling environmental concessions

Earthworks, a NGO dedicated to protecting communities and the environment from the adverse impacts of mineral and energy development, has condemned the Fiscal Responsibility Act agreed by the administration of US president Joe Biden to increase the US debt ceiling, for pushing through a gas pipeline deal and changing jurisdiction for court approval.

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US president Joe Biden

The debt ceiling deal was negotiated by president Biden and House Speaker Kevin McCarthy, a Republican and saw the president agree to expedite approval of all permits needed to complete the 303-mile

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