Clean Energy Permitting Reform
It’s time to build America’s clean energy economy. Permitting reform will make that possible by unlocking clean energy infrastructure that’s waiting to be built.
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Introduction to Permitting Reform Basics
BeginnerThis training is intended for volunteers who are seeking a basic understanding of this topic.
Traditional Training content presented in a tab format with more straightforward access to text, webinar, and audio recordings.Permitting reform has emerged as the biggest and most important clean energy and climate policy area in the current session of Congress. This intro training covers why CCL is leaning into permitting reform as the key climate policy solution of 2026.
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Understanding the Permitting Reform Landscape
BeginnerThis training is intended for volunteers who are seeking a basic understanding of this topic. Traditional Training content presented in a tab format with more straightforward access to text, webinar, and audio recordings.Permitting reform is a complex topic that touches on many politically sensitive topics including the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA), judicial reforms, and federal involvement in interstate project permitting processes.
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CCL’s Transmission Reform and Key Messages
IntermediateThis training is intended for volunteers who are seeking a more advanced understanding of this topic. Traditional Training content presented in a tab format with more straightforward access to text, webinar, and audio recordings.America's old and outdated power grid has become a critical bottleneck preventing the country from adding the needed new clean energy sources that will reduce climate pollution while improving energy affordability and security.
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Build Faster and Key Messages
IntermediateThis training is intended for volunteers who are seeking a more advanced understanding of this topic. Traditional Training content presented in a tab format with more straightforward access to text, webinar, and audio recordings.Clean energy projects often encounter long, complex permitting steps that slow construction and raise costs. Practical permitting reforms can help ensure that good projects move forward faster while upholding environmental and community protections.
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Fair Permitting Certainty and Key Messages
IntermediateThis training is intended for volunteers who are seeking a more advanced understanding of this topic. Traditional Training content presented in a tab format with more straightforward access to text, webinar, and audio recordings.Presidents from both political parties have taken steps to interfere with the permitting of certain types of energy infrastructure that they oppose. These executive actions create uncertainty that inhibits the development of new energy sources in the United States.
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Community Engagement and Key Messages
IntermediateThis training is intended for volunteers who are seeking a more advanced understanding of this topic. Traditional Training content presented in a tab format with more straightforward access to text, webinar, and audio recordings.It's important for energy project developers to engage local communities in order to address any local concerns and adverse impacts that may arise from new infrastructure projects. This training explores how community engagement may be addressed in the permitting reform process, and key messages for congressional offices.
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