A Death Blow To Pipelines?
An amendment Ocasio-Cortez proposed for the next budget bill would prohibit the nation’s main infrastructure-building agency from using federal money to issue permits under the Section 404 of the Clean Water Act “for the discharge of dredged or fill material resulting from an activity to construct a pipeline for the transportation of oil or gas.”
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Proposes A Death Blow To Pipelines Like Dakota Access
The New York congresswoman is pushing to block the troubled pipeline and similar oil and gas projects through an amendment to the budget bill.