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Aidan Mackenzie

Aidan Mackenzie is an Infrastructure Fellow at the Institute for Progress focusing on energy, transportation, and housing policy.
Articles by Aidan Mackenzie

The Permitting Trap: How Political Abuse Prevents Growth

It is abundantly clear that America must build more energy projects. Clinging to the ability to slow down and block disliked projects may have short-term political appeal. But in the long run, it only serves to maintain a status quo that is becoming increasingly untenable in the face of challenges such as load growth from AI, decreased reliability from aging infrastructure, and climate change. A better system is possible.

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