Permitting Overhaul Needed to Boost Projects, Energy Chief Says

Energy Secretary Chris Wright is asking lawmakers to push forward with broad environmental permitting reform.

“We need to make it so you can build in America,” Wright said during a Wednesday House Appropriations subcommittee hearing on the administration’s proposed budget.

Reforming the federal environmental permitting process has bipartisan support amid a nationwide push to get more energy projects and data centers up and running. The House has passed multiple bills on the issue, and the Senate is expected to release a package in the next few months.

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