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Trump Plans ‘Energy Dominance’ Orders
The Wall Street Journal|January 15, 2025
The president-elect wants to boost fossil fuels, revoke Biden’s EV rules
- By Collin Eaton, Benoît Morenne and Scott Patterson
Trump Plans ‘Energy Dominance’ Orders

President-elect Donald Trump is preparing executive orders aimed at boosting American fossil fuels and undoing his predecessor's push for the U.S. to adopt electric vehicles.

After his inauguration Monday, Trump is expected to instruct agencies to begin unwinding President Biden's limits on drilling offshore and on federal land, oil lobbyists said.

Among other orders, Trump is planning to push for a rollback of tailpipe emissions rules he has described as an "EV mandate," and resume approvals for plants that export U.S. natural gas.

Trump's transition team has discussed his second-term intentions with some in the oil industry, according to industry lobbyists. The plans are fluid and could change.

Trump is expected to sign dozens of executive orders during his first days in office, making big changes to U.S. policies on energy, immigration, education and other constants of American life.

The president-elect rode back to the White House with a pro-oil message that he termed "energy dominance." He directed pro-fracking messages to swing voters in gas-rich Pennsylvania and his antipathy toward Biden's policies boosting EVs seemed to resonate in Michigan, the heart of the U.S. auto industry. Billionaire oil donors swooned, and poured tens of millions of dollars into his re-election efforts. Now, Trump is making his first attempt at paying them all back.

This story is from the January 15, 2025 edition of The Wall Street Journal.

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