On the first day of his second term, President Donald Trump announced some energy and environmental policy priorities that represent a stark departure from U.S. climate policy under former President Joe Biden.
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His professed policies include a declaration of a “national energy emergency,” a rollback of the previous administration’s vehicle emissions standards — which were released last March — and the U.S. withdrawal from the Paris Agreement, which is a major international agreement intended to reduce the impacts of global warming.
On energy
Trump said during his second inaugural address Monday afternoon that he will declare a national energy emergency during his first day in office and drill, baby, drill.
We have the largest amount of oil and gas of any country on Earth, and we are going to use it, Trump said. We will bring prices down, fill our strategic reserves up again right to the top and export …