News Analysis
A presidential administration doesn’t have an “energy policy” as much as it puts forth a regulatory framework that sets the playing field for industry to operate within.
President-elect Donald Trump’s energy-related proposals are less specific and more thematic: Across-the-board deregulation to unfetter energy producers, especially oil and gas operators.
In his second White House stint, Trump has pledged to do away with most components in “new green scam” bills, encourage “drill baby drill” fossil fuel development, and seek to dramatically—with the help of a GOP-controlled Senate and House—slash federal regulatory oversight by such agencies as the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and Department of Energy (DOE)….