Trump issued a broad slate of executive orders late Monday. Here's a look at what he did.
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Blocking new wind projects - Trump issued an executive order that barred the government from auctioning off the rights to build wind farms offshore.
- It also temporarily blocked new rights for wind on public lands as well.
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In addition, the order directs the Interior Department to halt the construction of a wind farm in Idaho that was approved under the Biden administration.
Declaring a national emergency -
The order was invoked under the National Emergencies Act, which gives the president emergency powers. It directs the head of federal agencies to identify any emergency authorities they may have to facilitate the production or processing of energy.
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Speaking about the declaration from behind the Resolute Desk of the Oval Office, Trump said “that means you can do whatever you have to do to get out of that problem."
- It also includes other directives, including telling the head of the agency to consider issuing emergency fuel waivers that allow for the year-round sale of gasoline that contains high ethanol content, which is typically restricted due to smog concerns.
Directing regulatory rollbacks Opening up Alaska to drilling and logging - One order seeks to open up drilling in Alaska’s Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. It particularly directs the Interior Department to reinstate drillings rights there that were revoked under the Biden administration and seeks to review a lease sale there by the Biden administration that ultimately flopped.
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It also directs the administration to reverse Biden policies that limited drilling in Alaska’s National Petroleum Reserve — which was set aside in 1923 by President Harding as an emergency supply of oil for the Navy.
- The order also removes Biden-era protections for Alaska’s Tongass National Forest.
Read more about Trump's orders on wind, declaring a national energy emergency and rolling back regulations at TheHill.com.
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