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41 documents · busiest Apr 2026

Oil, gas, coal, nuclear power, mining, and energy regulation; excludes tariffs on energy imports or military defense production.

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Jan 20, 2025 · executive orderUnleashing Alaska's Extraordinary Resource Potential
natural gasfederal landsnational parksenergy dominance
Jan 20, 2025 · executive orderUnleashing American Energy
critical mineralsnatural gasnational defensefederal landseconomic policy
Jan 20, 2025 · executive orderDeclaring a National Energy Emergency
critical mineralsnatural gasfederal landseconomic policydefense production
Jan 20, 2025 · presidential memorandumTemporary Withdrawal of All Areas on the Outer Continental Shelf From Offshore Wind Leasing and Review of the Federal Government's Leasing and Permitting Practices for Wind Projects
economic policy

Executive Order EO 14154

Unleashing American Energy

SignedDonald Trump · Jan 20, 2025

Trump signed this order to speed energy and mining development and revoked 13 prior climate and clean-energy executive orders.

Creates no new funding. Directs agencies to use existing powers to streamline permitting and pause disbursement reviews, not to spend appropriated money directly.

What it does (25)

Policy
- Policy to encourage energy exploration on federal lands and waters including the Outer Continental Shelf
- Policy to eliminate the EV mandate and promote consumer choice in vehicle purchases
- Policy to safeguard consumer choice in appliances including lightbulbs, dishwashers, and water heaters
- Policy to require agencies to report global effects of rules separately from domestic effects
Revocation of and Revisions to Certain Presidential and Regulatory Actions
- Revokes EO 13990 (Protecting Public Health and the Environment and Restoring Science to Tackle the Climate Crisis)
- Revokes EO 14008 (Tackling the Climate Crisis at Home and Abroad)
- Revokes EO 14037 (Strengthening American Leadership in Clean Cars and Trucks)
- Terminates American Climate Corps program and related agreements immediately
Unleashing Energy Dominance through Efficient Permitting
- Revokes Executive Order 11991 on environmental quality protection and enhancement
- Directs CEQ to issue guidance within 30 days to expedite NEPA permitting
- Orders agencies to prioritize permitting efficiency and eliminate delays, including through emergency authorities
- Directs recommendations to Congress on streamlining interstate energy infrastructure permitting and federal judicial review of NEPA
Prioritizing Accuracy in Environmental Analyses
- Disbands the Interagency Working Group on the Social Cost of Greenhouse Gases
- Withdraws guidance on the social cost of carbon, methane, and nitrous oxide
- Directs EPA to issue guidance within 60 days on eliminating the social cost of carbon from federal permitting decisions
Terminating the Green New Deal
- Pauses disbursement of IRA and IIJA funds pending 90-day review, including EV charging station funding
- Requires OMB approval before any paused funds are disbursed
- Directs agencies to prioritize cost-effectiveness and American workers in procurement decisions
Protecting America's National Security
- Directs energy secretary to restart LNG export license reviews and consider ally security impacts
- Orders Maritime Administration to fast-track LNG deepwater port licenses within 60 days
Restoring America's Mineral Dominance
- Orders secretaries to identify and revise regulations that burden domestic mining
- Directs reassessment of public lands withdrawals for potential revision
- Directs Geological Survey to update the critical minerals list and consider including uranium
- Orders accelerated geologic mapping to locate critical mineral deposits
- Directs federal support for critical mineral projects and processing contingent on available appropriations

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