“It should no longer be to approve an (energy) project than is necessary to build it,” says Vice chairman of the National Governors Association Kevin Stitt At the Friday conference in Washington.
That, said the Republican of Oklahoma, is the collective picture that is painted from all problems with government bureaucracy at all levels that endanger the capacity of the US to stay in favor of Cyberthreat prevention and energy dominance.
Allowing reform is one of the most important things to tackle with a new administration and starting new sessions from the government, the governors have jointly expressed.
There was two -part consensus at the NGA that America should go in a responsible manner to a future security of malignant foreign actors in both cyber security and energy development.
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Govs. Kevin Stitt (R-OK) and Josh Shapiro (D-PA) found a common basis for energy development and allowing reform (Getty)
“Allowing reform is one of those issues where both Republicans and Democrats recognize the problem, we largely agree on solutions,” said Stitt, adding that it is a matter of national security that the US allows it that it allow.
“Our allies need affordable, reliable energy and the US has the means to offer that,” he said.
Domestic secretary Doug Burgum spoke extensively about that issue and said that America is competing with foreign rivals such as Russia, China, Iran and Noord -Korea, whether they like it or not.
“It is the key that we win the AI-weapon race with China,” he said, stating bone-powered attacks that can be much more effective than human hackers.
“They would have the opportunity to bring down the electric grid. They have the opportunity to disturb everything we know in our country. And they wouldn’t have to put any soldiers on the ground, but it could be completely us and us Disrupt Economy.
“We are in a match … to other countries that do not delay themselves with the level of bureaucracy that we have,” said Burgum, with reference to the threat of cyber attacks from Russia, China, Iran and Noord -Korea.
Burgum and the Governors discussed the promise of nuclear energy and new technology that makes the portability of such operations possible, whereby plants that generate electricity can be placed much closer to where that power is needed.
Stitt noted that when Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro Published an order that obliges his own government to rule on infrastructure permit applications within two weeks or to return the applicant to their money, he did not want to “beat by a democrat” in that idea, so he quickly issued his own order.
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An oil pump jacket works in the Drive-Thru area of ​​a McDonald’s in Bradford, Pennsylvania, US 2017. (Reuters)
Shapiro also said that Pennsylvania previously carried out an audit of permit applications and found 3,400 – so that he ordered that there is catalogs in the future.
Despite the stacks of Bethlehem Steel that have been inactive for 25 years, and the massive St. Nicholas Breaker Coal processor has long since disappeared, Pennsylvania remains the second largest energy chain exexporter of the nation-a fact that the Governor has noticed.
The first North American discovery of oil took place in the mid-19th century in Venango County, and some of the longest-producing wells remain active in Pennsylvania, although the Commonwealth has been far surpassed in that respect by Texas, Alaska and other states.
“We are proud of our estate as a national energy leader,” Said Shapiro. “We have to get on the market quickly (with regard to) energy projects.”
Pennsylvania produced more than 7 trillion cubic foot natural gas in 2023. But there has been a push-pull effect of the former Democratic Gov. Ed Rendell who prohibits Fracking on State Parkland, the Republican government Tom Corbett that reverses that, and Shapiro’s democratic predecessor Tom Wolf then restores the moratorium of Rendell.
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Shapiro indicated on Friday that he would follow a more measured approach to develop the resources of the Commonwealth in a responsible manner.
He quoted the two -part speed law from Harrisburg, which provides external assessment, while also accelerating the general process.
Burgum called the work of a governor one of the most difficult, but noted that it is about to “become more fun than it is ever” with the accessibility of the Trump government.
In that respect, South Carolina Gov. described Henry McMaster how cabinet secretaries had shared their own personal contact details after a Friday -white home meeting – and that President Donald Trump also invited phone calls but did not share his own song.
“I have it, but I’m going to hold it,” he joked.
