The proposal would change the existing law that bars lower courts from stopping national projects, letting a local government unit ask a court for a temporary restraining order or preliminary injunction if it can prove the project will cause immediate, severe, and irreversible damage to the environment, health, or cultural sites. The court must decide within 72 hours, and any order can last only up to 20 days, after which the case must move forward. The amendment would become effective 15 days after it is published
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