Environmental Review

topic on 3 shows · 4 statements across 3 episodes

American Optimist No Priors All-In

4 statements about Environmental Review, every show

Howard: Slow Environmental Reviews Dramatically Harm the Environment
“All these lengthy environmental reviews turn out to be dramatically harmful to the environment because we can't fix the bottlenecks. We can't create the new transmission lines that carry electricity from the, you know, renewable sources and such. It's overwhel…”
Philip Howard Dec 11, 2025 ▶ 21:58 Why It's Legally Impossible To Build In America · Joe Lonsdale
ALL-IN Assertion Partly supported
Klein: US environmental reviews average 3.5 to 4.5 years
“Environmental review, which now take on average three and a half to four and a half years.”
Ezra Klein Apr 11, 2025 ▶ 1:41:26 The Great Tariff Debate with David Sacks, Larry Summers, and Ezra Klein
ALL-IN Assertion Supported
Klein: California High-Speed Rail endured 12 years of environmental review
“California high-speed rail, where it had 12 years of environmental review, was not, in my view, a good idea.”
Ezra Klein Apr 11, 2025 ▶ 1:41:52 The Great Tariff Debate with David Sacks, Larry Summers, and Ezra Klein
NO PRIORS Assertion Partly supported
Gil: Prescribed burn environmental reviews take up to 7.5 years to complete
“For higher risk forest needing prescribed burns, it takes an average of 4.7 years to get through environmental reviews for simple projects and seven and a half years or so for longer. For more complex projects.”
Elad Gil Jan 23, 2025 ▶ 7:13 No Priors Ep. 98 | With Convective Capital Founder Bill Clerico

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