Artificial intelligence is reshaping the global economy and fueling a competition that will define America’s future. If Utah, home to the fast-growing Silicon Slopes tech corridor, wants to lead in this new era, we must ensure the energy to power it is available.

Fortunately, Utah is blessed with abundant natural resources and leaders willing to take bold steps. Sen. Mike Lee (R-UT) is one of them.

As chair of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, Sen. Lee is a national leader on permitting reform, recently calling for improving the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA). He’s right. This 55-year-old law has been twisted far beyond its original intent by courts and the federal bureaucracy.

In its current form, NEPA has become less about protecting the environment and mo

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