{"id":27605,"date":"2026-11-02T14:25:07","date_gmt":"2026-11-02T19:25:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/uusj.net\/wp1\/?p=27605"},"modified":"2026-11-02T14:25:43","modified_gmt":"2026-11-02T19:25:43","slug":"oppose-baajas-deregulation-approach-to-permitting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/uusj.net\/wp1\/oppose-baajas-deregulation-approach-to-permitting\/","title":{"rendered":"Oppose BAAJA\u2019s Deregulation Approach to Permitting"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-27606\" src=\"https:\/\/uusj.net\/wp1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/BAAJA1-420x362.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"259\" srcset=\"https:\/\/uusj.net\/wp1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/BAAJA1-420x362.png 420w, https:\/\/uusj.net\/wp1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/BAAJA1.png 589w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The Senate is poised to vote on a permitting reform bill S.5653 the <a href=\"https:\/\/default.salsalabs.org\/Te2817a1e-b86a-4daf-8f94-4ab170225836\/465d1025-eba4-4aec-9c96-9e0fcbd1bfc6\" target=\"_top\">Bipartisan American Affordability and Jobs Act of 2026 (BAAJA)<\/a>, that will facilitate a massive build-out of dirty energy to support AI Data Centers and threatens our bedrock environmental laws.<\/p>\n<p>With Food and Water Watch Action, our friends in the People Versus Fossil Fuels Coalition, you can call Congress to oppose the bill using an auto dialer.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Call your senators <\/strong>at 877-796-1949, tell them to oppose BAAJA because it will:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li aria-level=\"1\">Supercharge AI data center development by fast-tracking permits for gas pipelines, transmission lines, and other infrastructure they rely on.<\/li>\n<li aria-level=\"1\">Limit opportunities for communities, states, and Tribes to review, challenge, or halt the gas infrastructure projects needed to power data centers.<\/li>\n<li aria-level=\"1\">Make it more profitable to power data centers with fracked gas by allowing gas-fired plants and backup diesel generators &#8211; built to serve data centers &#8211; to sell excess power and grid services.<\/li>\n<li aria-level=\"1\">Keep gas projects online even if a data center isn\u2019t built or no longer needs the power.<\/li>\n<li aria-level=\"1\">Limit future administrations and Congress from slowing the data-center dirty-energy buildout.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/uusj.net\/wp1\/2026-joint-statement-on-baaja\/?eType=EmailBlastContent&amp;eId=1a56f5ef-8953-4d40-8665-a8add02a7ada\"><strong>Bipartisan American Affordability and Jobs Act (BAAJA) Joint Statement<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Take a click action with other friends in the coalition:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li aria-level=\"1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/default.salsalabs.org\/T94317e5b-f54c-4b40-ac9d-98584fddba87\/3210e40e-3363-4817-ae65-c41ea2969559\" target=\"_top\">People vs Fossil Fuels<\/a><\/li>\n<li aria-level=\"1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/default.salsalabs.org\/Tb90a7c24-71ab-4fd4-8db6-2541a12b6e84\/9d1e4990-a973-466c-9b9e-0467e1f56eec\" target=\"_top\">Climate Justice Alliance<\/a><\/li>\n<li aria-level=\"1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/default.salsalabs.org\/T548c5fd0-7270-402b-bd66-3a7883e63cc3\/2d204537-08e6-4f8d-bf92-95e8f76179b5\" target=\"_top\">Progressive Caucus Fund ACTION<\/a><\/li>\n<li aria-level=\"1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/default.salsalabs.org\/T864bc8b9-c57f-4f3b-83b4-fda44539f012\/2990612d-c7d4-4152-8ff7-46503e2a14b6\" target=\"_top\">Oil Change International<\/a><\/li>\n<li aria-level=\"1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/default.salsalabs.org\/T1efb077c-b29c-4ece-8f66-25d6dd97297c\/35c50a29-a9f0-43b5-bb85-6828232a2da1\" target=\"_top\">Demand Progress<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Senate is poised to vote on a permitting reform bill S.5653 the Bipartisan American Affordability and Jobs Act of 2026 (BAAJA), that will facilitate a massive build-out of dirty energy to support AI Data Centers and threatens our bedrock environmental laws. With Food and Water Watch Action, our friends in the People Versus Fossil &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/uusj.net\/wp1\/oppose-baajas-deregulation-approach-to-permitting\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Oppose BAAJA\u2019s Deregulation Approach to Permitting<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[97,16],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-27605","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-advocacy","category-environment"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/uusj.net\/wp1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27605","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/uusj.net\/wp1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/uusj.net\/wp1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uusj.net\/wp1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/14"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uusj.net\/wp1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=27605"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/uusj.net\/wp1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27605\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":27607,"href":"https:\/\/uusj.net\/wp1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27605\/revisions\/27607"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/uusj.net\/wp1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=27605"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uusj.net\/wp1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=27605"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uusj.net\/wp1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=27605"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}