Marcella Burke was quoted in Bloomberg Law’s coverage of the Trump Administration’s effort to strike permitting agreements with Western states to accelerate project approvals.

The article reported on the Trump Administration’s initiative to negotiate agreements with western states, modeled on a recent Alaska partnership, to speed up environmental permitting for projects such as mining, pipelines, data centers, and energy infrastructure. The Federal Permitting Improvement Steering Council says that these agreements would bring federal, state, and tribal officials together early in the process to identify challenges, enforce deadlines, and cut average review times by more than a year.

Burke was quoted in the article, noting:

“Once listed, each project receives the same permitting process improvements, regardless of its location or resource type. What is prioritized will be considered among numerous factors, including whether the projects at issue promote energy independence, and that is determined on a case-by-case basis.”

Her commentary highlighted how statutory neutrality governs the council’s process, even as political realities may align with the administration’s focus on conventional energy development.

The article also described progress on critical mineral mining projects, with dozens of new mines added to the Permitting Council’s dashboard under Trump’s second administration, consistent with the president’s goal of rapidly expanding domestic mineral production.

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