Released January 22, 2025 | SUGAR LAND
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Written by John Egan for Industrial Info Resources (Sugar Land, Texas)--As a candidate and President-elect, Donald Trump promised a flurry of Day 1 actions that would turn the country in a new direction. He did not disappoint, issuing dozens of executive orders on his first day in office. The energy-related actions alone were extensive.
In one order, he revoked 78 of former President Joe Biden's executive orders and actions he deemed "harmful," including several of Biden's Day 1 declarations as well as Biden's decision January 6 to withdraw certain areas of the Outer Continental Shelf from oil and gas leasing.
"The previous administration has embedded deeply unpopular, inflationary, illegal and radical practices within every agency and office of the Federal Government," began the executive order voiding 78 Biden executive actions.
In another executive order, Trump withdrew the U.S. from the Paris Agreement, writing, "It is the policy of my Administration to put the interests of the United States and the American people first in the development and negotiation of any international agreements with the potential to damage or stifle the American economy. These agreements must not unduly or unfairly burden the United States." This act will take one year to be codified.
One particularly expansive executive order, "Unleashing American Energy," laid the foundations to:
The order said, "Consistent with the principles of responsible public stewardship that are entrusted to this office, with due consideration for a variety of relevant factors, including the need to foster an energy economy capable of meeting the country's growing demand for reliable energy, the importance of marine life, impacts on ocean currents and wind patterns, effects on energy costs for Americans--especially those who can least afford it--and to ensure that the United States is able to maintain a robust fishing industry for future generations and provide low cost energy to its citizens."
This executive order's withdrawal of consideration or renewal of wind energy leases on the OCS "does not apply to leasing related to any other purposes such as, but not limited to, oil, gas, minerals, and environmental conservation."
Yet another executive order, titled "Unleashing Alaska's Extraordinary Resource Potential," pledged to put "an immediate end to the assault on Alaska's sovereignty and its ability to responsibly develop (energy, mineral, timber and seafood) resources for the benefit of the Nation. It is, therefore, imperative to immediately reverse the punitive restrictions implemented by the previous administration that specifically target resource development on both State and Federal lands in Alaska." The action seeks to "efficiently and effectively maximize the development and production of the natural resources located on both Federal and State lands within Alaska, expedite the permitting and leasing of energy and natural resource projects in Alaska and prioritize the development of Alaska's LNG potential, including the sale and transportation of Alaskan LNG to other regions of the United States and allied nations within the Pacific region."
Organizations representing fossil fuel energy interests applauded the moves. In a prepared statement, Mike Sommers, president and chief executive of the American Petroleum Institute (API), said: "Americans sent a clear message at the ballot box, and President Trump is answering the call on Day One--U.S. energy dominance will drive our nation's economic and security agenda. Directing regulators to expand access to resources, lift the LNG pause, streamline permitting processes and roll back heavy-handed vehicle mandates will help deliver a stronger, more prosperous energy future for all Americans. This is a new day for American energy, and we applaud President Trump for moving swiftly to chart a new path where U.S. oil and natural gas are embraced, not restricted."
Democratic elected officials and some environmental groups are not likely to see it that way. Some have pledged to litigate some of the Day 1 actions.
Industrial Info Resources (IIR) is the leading provider of industrial market intelligence. Since 1983, IIR has provided comprehensive research, news and analysis on the industrial process, manufacturing and energy related industries. IIR's Global Market Intelligence (GMI) platform helps companies identify and pursue trends across multiple markets with access to real, qualified and validated plant and project opportunities. Across the world, IIR is tracking over 200,000 current and future projects worth $17.8 Trillion (USD).
In one order, he revoked 78 of former President Joe Biden's executive orders and actions he deemed "harmful," including several of Biden's Day 1 declarations as well as Biden's decision January 6 to withdraw certain areas of the Outer Continental Shelf from oil and gas leasing.
"The previous administration has embedded deeply unpopular, inflationary, illegal and radical practices within every agency and office of the Federal Government," began the executive order voiding 78 Biden executive actions.
In another executive order, Trump withdrew the U.S. from the Paris Agreement, writing, "It is the policy of my Administration to put the interests of the United States and the American people first in the development and negotiation of any international agreements with the potential to damage or stifle the American economy. These agreements must not unduly or unfairly burden the United States." This act will take one year to be codified.
One particularly expansive executive order, "Unleashing American Energy," laid the foundations to:
- Lift the Biden administration's "pause" on permitting new liquefied natural gas (LNG) export terminals.
- Pave the way to reverse the Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) 2009 finding that carbon dioxide emissions were harmful.
- Order the Council on Environmental Quality to propose rescinding Biden-era changes to the National Environmental Policies Act (NEPA).
- Gut the federal government's climate change offices, including reversing the use of "social cost of carbon" in calculating the benefits and harms of agency actions on global warming.
- "Eliminate the 'electric vehicle (EV) mandate' and promote true consumer choice, which is essential for economic growth and innovation, by removing regulatory barriers to motor vehicle access, by ensuring a level regulatory playing field for consumer choice in vehicles, by terminating, where appropriate, state emissions waivers that function to limit sales of gasoline-powered automobiles, and by considering the elimination of unfair subsidies and other ill-conceived government-imposed market distortions that favor EVs over other technologies, and effectively mandate their purchase by individuals, private businesses, and government entities alike by rendering other types of vehicles unaffordable."
- Revoke an executive order from 1977 relating to the protection and enhancement of environmental quality, in favor of "Unleashing Energy Dominance through Efficient Permitting."
- Convene an inter-agency group with the purpose of "eliminate(ing) all delays within their respective permitting processes, including through, but not limited to, the use of general permitting and permit by rule." The order continued, "For any project an agency head deems essential for the Nation's economy or national security, agencies shall use all possible authorities, including emergency authorities, to expedite the adjudication of Federal permits." A recommendation will be made to congress to "facilitate the permitting and construction of interstate energy transportation and other critical energy infrastructure, including, but not limited to, pipelines, particularly in regions of the Nation that have lacked such development in recent years, and provide greater certainty in the Federal permitting process, including, but not limited to, streamlining the judicial review of the application of NEPA."
The order said, "Consistent with the principles of responsible public stewardship that are entrusted to this office, with due consideration for a variety of relevant factors, including the need to foster an energy economy capable of meeting the country's growing demand for reliable energy, the importance of marine life, impacts on ocean currents and wind patterns, effects on energy costs for Americans--especially those who can least afford it--and to ensure that the United States is able to maintain a robust fishing industry for future generations and provide low cost energy to its citizens."
This executive order's withdrawal of consideration or renewal of wind energy leases on the OCS "does not apply to leasing related to any other purposes such as, but not limited to, oil, gas, minerals, and environmental conservation."
Yet another executive order, titled "Unleashing Alaska's Extraordinary Resource Potential," pledged to put "an immediate end to the assault on Alaska's sovereignty and its ability to responsibly develop (energy, mineral, timber and seafood) resources for the benefit of the Nation. It is, therefore, imperative to immediately reverse the punitive restrictions implemented by the previous administration that specifically target resource development on both State and Federal lands in Alaska." The action seeks to "efficiently and effectively maximize the development and production of the natural resources located on both Federal and State lands within Alaska, expedite the permitting and leasing of energy and natural resource projects in Alaska and prioritize the development of Alaska's LNG potential, including the sale and transportation of Alaskan LNG to other regions of the United States and allied nations within the Pacific region."
Organizations representing fossil fuel energy interests applauded the moves. In a prepared statement, Mike Sommers, president and chief executive of the American Petroleum Institute (API), said: "Americans sent a clear message at the ballot box, and President Trump is answering the call on Day One--U.S. energy dominance will drive our nation's economic and security agenda. Directing regulators to expand access to resources, lift the LNG pause, streamline permitting processes and roll back heavy-handed vehicle mandates will help deliver a stronger, more prosperous energy future for all Americans. This is a new day for American energy, and we applaud President Trump for moving swiftly to chart a new path where U.S. oil and natural gas are embraced, not restricted."
Democratic elected officials and some environmental groups are not likely to see it that way. Some have pledged to litigate some of the Day 1 actions.
Industrial Info Resources (IIR) is the leading provider of industrial market intelligence. Since 1983, IIR has provided comprehensive research, news and analysis on the industrial process, manufacturing and energy related industries. IIR's Global Market Intelligence (GMI) platform helps companies identify and pursue trends across multiple markets with access to real, qualified and validated plant and project opportunities. Across the world, IIR is tracking over 200,000 current and future projects worth $17.8 Trillion (USD).
