Trump creates National Energy Dominance Council to expedite oil and gas flow
President Donald Trump ordered the creation of a White House council focused on steering the U.S. toward “energy dominance,” with the promise of action as soon as next week.
“We have more energy than any other country, and now we are unleashing it,” Trump said Friday in the Oval Office as he signed an executive order commissioning the panel. “I call it liquid gold under our feet — and we’re going to utilize it.”
The new National Energy Dominance Council will be led by Interior Secretary Doug Burgum, with Energy Secretary Chris Wright as its vice-chair. The panel is meant to shape energy policy across the federal government and help mobilize the permitting, production and distribution of oil, gas, electricity and other resources.
Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy said he would be advancing the GulfLink Deepwater Port project meant to facilitate shipments of U.S. crude oil. Wright said he’d conditionally approved liquefied natural gas exports from a project in Louisiana. And Trump said he’d be meeting with governors in an effort to advance a long-stalled gas pipeline in the Northeast.
Trump has made a priority of domestic energy production, casting America’s abundant oil and gas as a source of both geopolitical strength and economic might. At the same time, the president and top deputies have emphasized the need for reliable, inexpensive electricity as the U.S. competes in a global race to dominate artificial intelligence technology.
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