The rapid advancement of artificial intelligence is putting newfound urgency in the push for Congress to streamline the permitting process for new energy projects.
Permitting reform, which refers to efforts to streamline the approval of new energy projects, is one of the rare issues in Congress that still has bipartisan backing.
But the exact details and scale of permitting reform, including deregulatory efforts, have been subject to contentious debate.
"What we're seeing right now in China is a historic build-out of their grid. Of course, adding nuclear, adding a lot more oil and gas, but in addition to that, they're adding a lot of coal as well. That is a country that is really focused on using all the energy that they have to build out, to supply the AI future and a growing citizenship," Mike Sommers, CEO of the American Petroleum Institute (API), told Fox News Digital.
