Burgum, GOP Lawmakers Clash On Technology Focus In Permitting Deal

Interior Secretary Doug Burgum and key Republican lawmakers are staking out contrasting approaches on the need for technology neutrality as they strive to craft a deal on environmental reviews and other energy-project permitting policies, underscoring challenges to reaching a bipartisan agreement with sufficient support from Democrats. During an Oct. 20 event hosted by the American Petroleum Institute (API), Burgum rejected the notion of softening the administration’s hostile approach to offshore wind power -- including by allowing previously permitted projects to...