It’s Time for America to Start Building Again—Permitting Reform Is the Engine

It’s Time for America to Start Building Again—Permitting Reform Is the Engine
Miners place exposives and prepare for a blast outside of Angels Camp, Calif., on Feb. 5, 2026. John Fredricks/The Epoch Times
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So many of the challenges the U.S. now faces, from supply chain security to energy and housing affordability, require the same solution: we must start building again. And doing so demands making it far easier to build. We need policy that unlocks American ingenuity, that enables problem solving and puts people to work instead of placing self-imposed barriers in the way.

Rich Nolan is president and CEO of the National Mining Association and a member of the Board of the U.S. Energy Association.
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