What if your right to speak up about a project that negatively impacts your community disappeared?
The real power behind our environmental laws isn’t paperwork. It’s our people. It’s the ability of our communities, scientists, Tribal nations, and everyday citizens like you to ask hard questions before a project moves forward.
On November 9th, the senate voted to advance the Bipartisan American Affordability and Jobs Act (BAAJA), or more publicly known as the “Permitting Act”, to debate. This act would weaken some of the tools the public uses to hold decision-makers accountable and challenge harmful projects. The act seeks to rollback some of our most important federal environmental laws like NEPA, the Clean Water Act, the Endangered Species Act, and the National Historic Preservation Act; laws that have helped make sure the hard questions get asked before projects move forward.
BAAJA could weaken many of those protections, limiting public participation, reducing scientific review, and making approved projects much harder to stop.
When our voices are pushed aside, who gets the final say?
Learn more about what’s at stake and why everyday citizens across the country are engaging in this issue.
Link to actual bill language: https://www.energy.senate.gov/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/Bipartisan-American-Affordability-and-Jobs…
Link to script: Phone Script / Alert [Permit Reform Bill] Sample
Link to email template: Alert / Letter to Senators [Permit Reform Bill] Sample