In unveiling his energy plan during a recent speech in North Dakota, Donald Trump said the actions of President Obama have denied millions of Americans access to the energy wealth sitting under their feet.
He called it “your treasure, and you—the American People—are entitled to share in the riches.”
What Trump is proposing an “America First” energy plan, one he claims will make America wealthy again.
He said American energy dominance will be declared a strategic economic and foreign policy goal of the U.S.
“We will become and stay, totally independent of any need to import energy from the OPEC cartel or any nations hostile to our interests,” declared Trump.
Revenues from energy production will be used to rebuild roads, schools, bridges and public infrastructure.
“We will get the bureaucracy out of the way of innovation so we can pursue all forms of energy,” stated Trump. He said another significant part of his energy plan will focus on “real environmental challenges, not phony ones.”
In the first 100 days of his administration, Trump said he will rescind what he called the job-destroying Obama executive actions including the Climate Action Plan and the Waters of the U.S. rule. He said he will save the coal industry and other industries threatened by Hillary Clinton’s extremist agenda.
“I’m going to ask TransCanada to renew its permit application to the Keystone Pipeline. We’re going to kill moratoriums on energy production in federal areas. “We’re going to revoke policies that impose unwarranted restrictions on new drilling technologies. These technologies create millions of jobs with a smaller footprint than ever before.”
Trump said he will cancel the Paris Climate Agreement and stop all payments of U.S. tax dollars to U.N. global warming programs.
“Any regulation that is outdated, unnecessary, bad for workers or contrary to the national interest will be scrapped. We will also eliminate duplication, provide regulatory certainty and trust local officials and local residents,” added Trump.
