KEY TAKEAWAYS:

The SPEED Act proposes faster energy project approvals by limiting NEPA litigation and clarifying review processes.

Lawmakers argue permitting delays threaten U.S. competitiveness and critical energy infrastructure .

Critics warn the bill could block meaningful legal challenges and bypass environmental safeguards.

The reform targets all energy types, including nuclear, fossil fuels, and renewables, along the Gulf Coast.

On Wednesday, Jim Burke, an energy business man and board member of the Nuclear Energy Institute, said that the future of energy development will happen along the Gulf Coast.

“There’s just an incredible concentration of assets between between here and Baton Rouge, right though Houston,” Burke said at the Tulane Future of Energy Forum.

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