Trump Orders Plan to Speed Permitting of Projects Across US

US President Donald Trump ordered steps to expedite federal permits in his opening bid to entice American investment and shrink timelines for building critical energy infrastructure.

Trump’s directive, issued late Monday, marked the latest attempt by a US president to address longstanding, bipartisan complaints over the lengthy waits for proposed projects to clear environmental reviews and secure federal authorizations. It’s long been an aggravation for business leaders who say relatively slow permitting times in the US threaten to diminish domestic efforts to race ahead of global rivals in driving artificial intelligence developments and nurturing other nascent industries.

Trump directed federal ...