Biden rollback of permitting reform is making his own energy goals impossible

Published May 9, 2022 4:39am ET



The United States has a permitting problem.

At a time when energy and natural resource security is more important than ever, we need an all-of-the-above approach to unleash American energy. However, that will not be possible until the Biden administration supports our drillers, miners, and energy innovators with tools to help do their jobs. For now, the administration seems focused on the opposite — shutting down domestic production in the long term and placing ill-suited measures on a much larger problem.

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