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The two parties in the Senate have reached an agreement on a permitting bill to accelerate the approval of new energy projects.

The two parties in the Senate have reached an agreement on a permitting bill to accelerate the approval of new energy projects.

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September 30th, 2026

The two parties in the Senate have reached an agreement on a permitting bill to accelerate the approval of new energy projects.

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Senators from both parties announced on Wednesday that they had reached a bipartisan consensus on a bill aimed at expediting the permitting and approval process for new energy and infrastructure projects.

两党参议员于周三宣称,已就一项旨在加速新能源及基础设施项目许可审批流程的法案达成跨党派共识。

Such projects are currently mired in protracted delays, while lawmakers are striving to address the escalating demand for electricity and other forms of energy.

此类项目当前深陷旷日持久的延误泥淖,而立法者正力图应对电力及其他能源形式日趋攀升的需求。

Proponents contend that the bill would compress the protracted timelines that large-scale energy projects face in getting off the ground, at a moment when electricity demand is steadily climbing amid the breakneck expansion of artificial-intelligence data centres.

支持者主张,该法案将压缩大型能源项目启动所面临的冗长周期,而值此人工智能数据中心迅猛扩张之际,电力需求正持续攀升。

The bill would ensure that data centres are compelled to bear the costs of their added electricity consumption, and would mark a substantial revision of a landmark environmental law that critics say is precisely what has been slowing the pace of energy project construction.

法案将确保数据中心被迫为其新增的电力消耗承担费用,并将标志着对一项具有里程碑意义的环境法律的重大修订——批评者称,正是该法律拖慢了能源项目的建设进程。

Shelley Moore Capito, the Republican senator from West Virginia and chair of the Environment and Public Works Committee, hailed the bill as "a significant step toward building all types of infrastructure projects more swiftly, more efficiently, and more conveniently," while at the same time preserving vital environmental protections.

西弗吉尼亚州共和党参议员、环境与公共工程委员会主席雪莱·摩尔·卡皮托将该法案誉为"朝着更迅捷、更高效、更便利地建设各类基础设施项目迈出的重要一步",与此同时,亦维系了至关重要的环境保护。

"The American people sent us here to do big things.

“美国人民委派我们至此,乃为成就宏图伟业。

This is something extraordinary, it is landmark, and it is legacy-making," Capito said at a press conference at the Capitol, joined by Republican Senator Mike Lee of Utah, Democratic Senator Martin Heinrich of New Mexico, and Democratic Senator Sheldon Whitehouse of Rhode Island.

此乃非凡之举,具有里程碑式的意义,更是奠定 legacy 的基石,”卡皮托于国会大厦新闻发布会上如是说,犹他州共和党参议员迈克·李、新墨西哥州民主党参议员马丁·海因里希及罗德岛州民主党参议员谢尔登·怀特豪斯与之共同出席。

These four senators helm the Senate's energy and environment subcommittees.

此四位参议员执掌参议院能源与环境小组。

Heinrich stated that the bill "will mean more energy on the grid, more high-paying jobs, and lower electricity bills for families and businesses.

海因里希表示,该法案“将意味着电网上有更多能源、更多高薪工作,以及家庭和企业更低的电费。

As data centers drive up demand for more electricity, it will ensure that they pay their fair share for the grid upgrades they require—rather than leaving the bill to American families."

随着数据中心推动更多电力需求,它将确保它们为自己所需的电网升级支付公平份额——而不是把账单留给美国家庭。”

The vote on the bill is bound to be postponed until after the midterm elections—an arrangement that reflects the thorny political realities confronting lawmakers at a moment when election day is imminent and partisan control of both chambers may well change hands.

该法案的表决势将推迟至中期选举之后——此一安排折射出选举日近在咫尺、两院党派控制权或生变数之际所面临的棘手政治现实。

Yet the bill unquestionably stands as a symbol of the rare bipartisan collaboration in the realm of American energy policy, inasmuch as legislators from both parties concur on the necessity of building new energy projects of various kinds.

然而,该法案无疑象征着美国能源政策领域罕见的跨党派协作,盖因两党立法者均认同有必要兴建各类新能源项目。

Mr. Li, who concurrently serves as chairman of the energy committee, stated that he firmly believes the bill will secure passage during November's lame-duck session, noting that it has already garnered bipartisan support and encouragement from both the business community and environmental groups.

身兼能源委员会主席的李氏表示,他笃信该法案将于11月的跛脚鸭会期获致通过,并指出其已赢得跨党派支持,亦获得商业界与环境团体的鼓励。

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Whitehouse, the ranking Democrat on the environment panel, harbors hopes of his own, yet candidly concedes that Democrats are still striving to ascertain how the bill would thwart the Trump administration's efforts to curb wind and solar projects.

环境小组的民主党首席成员怀特豪斯亦怀揣期许,却坦言民主党人仍在力图厘清该法案将何以阻遏唐纳德·特朗普总统的政府遏制风能与太阳能项目。

Together with Heinrich, the Democrats' ranking member on energy matters, he condemned what they characterized as Trump's "reckless and vindictive assault on wind energy" — an assault manifesting in repeated efforts to thwart the large-scale wind projects currently under construction along the East Coast.

他偕同能源事务方面的民主党首席成员海因里希,对他们所称的特朗普“对风能的鲁莽且报复性的攻击”予以谴责——此类攻击包括一再采取行动,力图阻遏东海岸正在兴建的大型风电项目。

In December, the administration suspended five offshore wind projects, citing unspecified national security concerns.

政府以未予明确说明的国家安全关切为由,于12月暂停了五个海上风电项目。

These projects subsequently proceeded after federal judges intervened.

这些项目嗣后因联邦法官的介入而得以继续推进。

A federal judge also struck down an executive order issued by Trump at the very start of his second term that was designed to obstruct wind energy projects.

一名联邦法官还推翻了特朗普在其第二任期伊始所颁布的、旨在阻挠风能项目的行政命令。

The White House has thus far made no immediate response to requests for comment on the permitting bill.

白宫方面迄未就针对该许可法案置评的请求作出即时回应。

Trump's aversion to wind power has consistently constituted an insurmountable stumbling block in the permitting reform agreement.

特朗普对风电的抵触,始终是许可改革协议中难以逾越的绊脚石。

Democrats assert that reform can only move forward if the administration agrees to allow previously approved projects to proceed.

民主党人声称,唯有政府应允让此前已获批准的项目得以继续推进,改革方能向前迈进。

Trump recently proposed loosening his administration's grip on renewable energy projects, a move intended in part to secure Democratic approval of a permitting deal.

特朗普近期提议放宽其政府对可再生能源项目的掣肘,此举在一定程度上意在争取民主党人首肯一项许可协议。

Although Whitehouse concedes that there is something to be said for the proposal, he maintains that the broader issue remains "up in the air."

怀特豪斯虽认为该提议不无道理,却表示整体问题依然“悬而未决”。

Capitol was utterly convinced that all these obstacles could be surmounted.

卡皮托深信不疑,这些障碍皆可悉数逾越。

She stated that both parties had come to recognize that, for far too long, "America's permitting system has been riddled with delays, costs, red tape, and uncertainty."

她表示,两党均已意识到,长期以来,“美国的许可体系充斥着延误、费用、繁文缛节与不确定性”。

"It takes too long, and it costs too much.

“耗时过久,代价过高。

We have already witnessed projects that should have been completed far sooner taking decades" before they were finally finished.

我们已然目睹,本应更早竣工的项目却耗费了数十年”方才告成。

The Senate bill proposes to impose restrictions on legal challenges brought under the National Environmental Policy Act.

参议院法案拟对依据《国家环境政策法》提起的法律挑战施加限制。

That law, a foundational piece of environmental legislation, obliges federal agencies to assess a project's potential environmental impact before granting approval.

该法作为一部奠基性的环境法律,责成联邦机构在批准项目之前审度其可能造成的环境影响。

It is increasingly decried as the crux of the gridlock afflicting projects of all kinds.

此法日益被诟病为各类项目陷入停滞的症结所在。

Challenges arising under the National Historic Preservation Act would likewise be curtailed.

依据《国家历史保护法》所衍生的诸般挑战亦将受到制约。

That statute is designed to safeguard the cultural treasures of Native Americans and other significant artifacts.

该法旨在庇护美洲原住民的文化瑰宝及其他重要文物。

The bill is designed to relax siting regulations for interstate transmission lines and to bolster the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission's authority to review major projects while state-level reviews proceed in parallel, thereby helping to expedite the passage of needed projects through the overall permitting process.

该法案旨在放宽州际输电线路的选址规制,并强化联邦能源监管委员会在州级审查同步进行之际对重大项目予以审查的权限,从而助推所需项目更为迅捷地通过整体许可程序。

The bill would also require data centers to bear the full cost of the associated transmission infrastructure, so as to preclude any shifting of such costs onto households or businesses.

该法案亦将责令数据中心承担全部相关输电成本,以杜绝此类成本向家庭或企业转嫁。

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