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What’s glaring about this scenario is that these six critics represent a tiny fraction of the local community—yet their opposition has effectively stalled the project for over two years. This opposition exemplifies a broader pattern in blue states: bureaucratic red tape, legal challenges, and environmental review processes often derail urgent national security and economic initiatives. With multiple layers of lawsuits, further delays are inevitable, potentially pushing the project’s full operational date into the early 2030s—almost a decade after the law was signed.