约翰·波德斯塔对美国能源政策的破坏还不够多吗？显然还不够。这位策划了乔·拜登暂停新增液化天然气出口这一有害决定的人物，如今又试图破坏一项两党支持的许可改革，因为它可能有利于化石燃料生产。
Hasn’t John Podesta done enough damage to U.S. energy policy? Apparently not. The architect of Joe Biden’s harmful pause on new liquefied natural gas exports is now trying to poison a bipartisan permitting reform because it could benefit fossil- fuel production.
[音频] 比比挺过来了／一场美味的芝士蛋糕工厂之争 我们最近向您报道过一项参议院协议草案，该草案将加快联邦许可审批并减少无谓的诉讼。它可能在国会跛脚鸭会期获得表决。这项妥协方案虽不完美，却为开发商提供了亟需的确定性，禁止联邦机构取消或中止许可证。
[audio] Bibi Survives / A Delectable Cheesecake Factory Fight We recently told you about a draft Senate deal that would accelerate federal permitting and reduce frivolous litigation. It could get a vote in the lame-duck session of Congress. While imperfect, the compromise provides much-needed certainty for developers by banning federal agencies from cancelling or suspending permits.
它还将允许许可证持有者在政府出尔反尔时起诉联邦政府索赔。民主党人之所以要求加入这类“确定性”条款，是因为他们对特朗普政府撤销海上风电项目许可证的举动感到不满。
It would also let permit holders sue the feds for damages if the government does a switcheroo. Democrats demanded such “certainty” provisions out of frustration with the Trump Administration’s moves to revoke permits for offshore wind projects.
然而，波德斯塔在周五于科罗拉多大学博尔德分校发表的讲话中称这些条款是“毒丸”，气候网站Heatmap对此作了报道。据报道，波德斯塔说，议员们“给了特朗普……一门上了膛的榴弹炮，让他去对付公共土地，去批准那些即使违法、法院也无法推翻的项目”。
Yet Mr. Podesta called these provisions a poison pill in remarks Friday at the University of Colorado, Boulder, which were reported by the climate site Heatmap. Lawmakers have “handed Trump . . . a loaded Howitzer to go after public lands, to permit stuff that even if it’s illegal can’t be reversed by the courts,” Mr. Podesta reportedly said.
这位拜登的气候顾问说，特朗普团队“将进行一场你前所未见的许可狂欢，根本不在乎是否走完了法律程序，而根据这项法案，这些都无法被推翻”。该法案取消了“各州确保清洁饮用水的能力”，并取消了“对通过法院因违反《国家环境政策法》而申请禁令的能力的诸多限制”。他是如何误导的，让我们来数一数。该法案并未改变《国家环境政策法》中要求各机构审查和减轻项目对联邦土地潜在环境影响的规定。它只是对完成环境审查设定了倒计时，并对挑战许可证设定了150天的诉讼时效。
The Trump team is “going to have a permit gorge like you’ve never seen, not really caring about whether they’re going through the legal steps to do it, and under this bill, those can’t be reversed,” the Biden climate adviser said. The bill removes “states’ ability to ensure clean drinking water” and “a lot of restraint on the ability to get courts to enjoin for NEPA violations.”How does he mislead, let us count the ways. The bill doesn’t alter the National Environmental Policy Act’s requirements that agencies review and mitigate potential environmental impact of projects on federal land. It merely imposes a shot clock on the completion of environmental reviews and a 150-day statute of limitation to challenge permits.
该法案还指示法院在环境审查的“范围和内容”方面，给予机构“实质性尊重”，旨在防止法官对机构的判断进行事后推翻。
The bill also instructs courts to provide “substantial deference” to an agency on the “scope and contents” of an environmental review, which is intended to prevent judges from second-guessing agencies.
这一切都不是允许在黄石国家公园进行无限制钻探的许可证，正如波德斯塔所暗示的那样。虽然该法案将限制各州依据《清洁水法》以假设性的间接水质影响为由扣发许可证的能力，但各州将保留权力，如果项目产生污染水道的排放，可予以叫停。
None of this is a license to allow unfettered drilling in Yellowstone, as Mr. Podesta suggests. While the bill would limits states’ ability under the Clean Water Act to withhold permits based on hypothetical indirect effects on water quality, states would retain authority to block projects if they create discharges that pollute waterways.
波德斯塔真正的不满在于，该妥协方案可能会让未来的民主党政府更难重演他主导的液化天然气（LNG）“暂停”政策，并撤销化石燃料项目的许可证。这也可能阻止气候派利用法院作为武器。别忘了，该协议也会限制特朗普阻挠可再生能源项目的权力。
Mr. Podesta’s real beef is that the compromise could make it harder for a future Democratic administration to reprise his LNG “pause” and rescind permits for fossil-fuel projects. It could also prevent the climate crowd from weaponizing the courts. Never mind that the deal would limit Mr. Trump’s power to block renewable-energy projects.
该协议还将通过允许联邦能源监管委员会（FERC）出于“公共利益”推翻州政府决定、批准输电线路，来助力绿色能源。然而，波德斯塔却建议民主党人应坚持争取更好的协议，因为如果他们控制国会，将拥有更大的筹码。
The deal would also assist green energy by letting the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission override states and approve transmission lines in the “public interest.”Yet Mr. Podesta suggested that Democrats should hold out for a better deal since they will have more leverage if they take control of Congress.
别太确定。明年特朗普可能不太愿意与民主党达成协议。话说回来，波德斯塔或许清楚这一点。对于顽固的气候左派来说，让化石燃料留在地下才是唯一重要的事。
Don’t be so sure. Mr. Trump may be less inclined to strike a deal with Democrats next year. Then again, Mr. Podesta may know this. For the implacable climate left, keeping fossil fuels in the ground is all that matters.
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