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Trump to declare national energy emergency |
On his first day in office, President-elect Trump will issue a national emergency related to energy and also issue executive orders aimed at utilizing U.S. energy and specifically Alaska's natural resources, incoming officials told reporters Monday. |
An official said that the national emergency was coming in response to high prices and would seek to unlock additional authorities to allow the U.S to act quickly. The emergency would give the nation the ability to quickly build and develop energy, the person said, but the official did not provide specific details. "The inflation crisis was caused by massive overspending and escalating energy prices, and that is why today I will also declare a national energy emergency. We will drill, baby, drill," Trump said during his inaugural speech. "America will be a manufacturing nation once again, and we have something that no other manufacturing nation will ever have, the largest amount of oil and gas of any country on Earth, and we are going to use it," he said. In addition, Trump is expected to sign an order that was described as focused on cutting red tape and regulations. Officials said this would include language aimed at Biden regulations that are expected to increase the number of electric vehicles sold in the U.S. and require more efficient household items such as showerheads, stoves and dishwashers. Trump is also expected to sign another order aimed at utilizing resources in Alaska. Alaska has been a contentious area of the country when it comes to energy and the environment, with Republicans having long seen opportunities for oil and gas production there while Democrats have sought to preserve pristine landscapes. The officials did not say specifically which parts of Alaska would be targeted, but said the order would be aimed at making use of Alaska's oil and gas, timber, seafood and minerals. Trump also withdrew from the Paris Agreement. For more info on that, read here. Read more at TheHill.com. |
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President Trump signed an executive order officially beginning the withdrawal of the U.S. from the Paris Climate Agreement Monday evening. |
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Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) referred to the Gulf of Mexico as the “Gulf of America” in an executive order Monday addressing a winter weather weather system moving into parts of the Sunshine State this week. |
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President Biden on Monday commuted the life sentence of Native American activist Leonard Peltier, who was controversially convicted of murdering two FBI agents, within the final hour of his presidency. |
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As devastating wildfires continue to ravage the Los Angeles metropolitan region, local officials are warning of potential floods, landslides and toxic debris flows in the weeks and months ahead. “The … |
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- The House Rules Committee will hold a business meeting Tuesday on the Fix Our Forests Act.
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It wasn’t planned, necessarily, but country singer Carrie Underwood briefly stole the show at the second inauguration of President Donald Trump on Monday when an apparent technical issue led her to sing “America the Beautiful” a cappella. Read more |
| President-elect Trump has been sworn-in as the nation’s 47th president, only the second man in the nation’s history to return to the Oval Office after a hiatus. Read more |
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