“This is a lot to navigate, but this is also an executive order that [calls on] so many different agencies to clearly work together in a cohesive industrial strategy,” said Abigail Hunter, executive director of SAFE’s Center for Critical Minerals Strategy, a think tank and advocacy group focused on energy and national security issues.
Most immediately, Trump’s order starts a 10-day clock for agencies to submit lists of “priority projects” to the newly formed National Energy Dominance Council (NEDC) to be “immediately approved.” Within 15 days, lists of projects will be submitted to possibly move through a streamlined permitting process, dubbed FAST-41.
Read the full article: “Inside Trump’s ambitious — and perilous — push to unleash US minerals“
