Federal officials pledge permitting overhaul to accelerate Alaska projects

Lee Zeldin, Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, said the administration is pursuing a broad deregulatory agenda and emphasized permitting reform as a top priority. "On March 12, we announced what will amount to the largest deregulatory action in the history of the country," Zeldin said, and described an agenda with pillars that include unleashing energy production and advancing cooperative federalism with states and tribes.