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Um, I think we all just won | Biden is halting the biggest fossil fuel expansion on earth (billmckibben.substack.com)
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[–] PeepinGoodArgs@reddthat.com 10 points 10 months ago (4 children)

...for now...

[–] silence7@slrpnk.net 27 points 10 months ago

The ability to impose large delays on capital-intensive projects tends to keep them from getting built. I'll take it as a win

[–] MrMakabar@slrpnk.net 5 points 10 months ago

Venturre Global has a $4.5billion dollar loan with 8.125% intrest nad 8.375% intrest depending on the due date. That means every year delay costs them $365million.

All of that is part of $7.8 billion finanancing they have secured, so this might very well be half a billion dollars they loose every year.

[–] silence7@slrpnk.net 3 points 10 months ago

The things he's done have been dripping out at a slow and steady pace since Inauguration Day. He hasn't been perfect, with a couple of missteps along the way, but a world better than any Republican would have been