Permitting reform is happening, but leaving both sides unhappy

THE NEWS

The U.S. government’s efforts to make it easier to build energy infrastructure inched forward in the past week, with two major policy revisions aiming to unclog the “interconnection queue” and refashion the environmental review process for new energy and mining projects.

TIM’S VIEW

The policy shifts showcase where consensus is forming between Democrats and Republicans on permitting reform, and underscore where they are moving further apart. In both cases, federal officials are reaching the limits of what they can accomplish without new legislation from Congress, which has been...