Alaska Lawsuit Aims to Block Trump’s Offshore Drilling Plans
The suit, filed in Alaska, is likely to be the first of many challenging the administration’s goal of expanding fossil fuel production.
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The suit, filed in Alaska, is likely to be the first of many challenging the administration’s goal of expanding fossil fuel production.
Oil and gas executives welcomed President Trump’s early moves on energy policy, but many said they did not plan to increase production unless prices rose significantly.
States are using higher registration fees for electric cars to make up for declining fuel taxes, but some are punitive, environmentalists say. A federal tax could be coming.
Mr. Trump had the authority to declare two emergencies. But they also happened to advance his favorite targets: more fossil fuels and less immigration.
Legal experts said the president was testing the boundaries of executive power with aggressive orders designed to stop the country from transitioning to renewable energy.
The former North Dakota governor is expected to face sharp questions about his ties to the oil and gas industry.
The industry is pumping ever more oil and natural gas, but it is doing so with only about three-quarters as many workers as it employed a decade ago.
Harold G. Hamm, the founder of the Oklahoma-based Continental Resources, and other oil and gas companies stand to profit from Donald Trump’s energy policies.
The Biden administration is cracking down on the Russian “shadow fleet” and taking steps to curb oil and gas production.