The House has approved a geothermal legislative package, made up of parts of several Republican- and Democratic-authored bills aimed at accelerating approvals for geothermal projects, which generate clean energy by drilling deep into the Earth to access stored heat. 

The Geothermal Energy Advancement Act passed in a voice vote Tuesday afternoon, a significant show of bipartisanship focused on bolstering domestic energy development ahead of the midterm elections, as surging energy and electricity prices are quickly becoming a key issue for voters across the country.