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Doug Burgum: “In places like Texas and North Dakota you can get a permit…”

Featuring: Doug Burgum, Republican | U.S. Secretary of the Interior | National

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Interior Secretary Doug Burgum on AI energy demands

Published | Video Starts at 02:58

How do you, you don't want that covered in oil. How do you make sure it's also done very safely? Well, it's because we know that we can do it In places like Texas and North Dakota you can get a permit in a couple of weeks. On federal land it can take years to get the same permit. But there's no, there's no issue in terms of protecting the water, the air, the soil in states, you know, the people that live there and own those, that land, they care more deeply about it than any bureaucrat in Washington. (02:58–03:03)

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Asserts that obtaining permits in Texas and North Dakota takes weeks, whereas on federal land it can take years.

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