50 Pro-Energy Actions in 60 Days—Trump Dismantles Biden’s Climate Rules

The American Energy Alliance (AEA) has released a new report detailing 50 actions taken by the Trump administration and Congressional Republicans since January 20 to boost domestic oil and gas production.

The list, compiled as part of the AEA’s ongoing effort to track federal energy policy, highlights a sharp reversal from the policies of the previous administration.

According to the report, President Donald Trump has signed more than 200 executive orders, including one declaring a national energy emergency and another reversing Joe Biden’s freeze on liquified natural gas (LNG) export permits.

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The administration also issued an order to withdraw the United States from the Paris Agreement.

Congressional Republicans have contributed by repealing provisions of the Inflation Reduction Act, including the methane emissions fee.

Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Lee Zeldin has also announced a review of 31 regulations enacted under the Biden administration.

“In just over 60 days, President Trump and Congress have already taken over 50 actions to reverse the damage. It is a great relief to see positive movement in the right direction, but there is much more to do. We look forward to rolling up our sleeves and helping to get the job done,” said AEA President Tom Pyle.

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Under the Biden-Harris administration, oil and gas companies reported record-high production levels, a point often cited by Democrats as evidence that there was no war on fossil fuels.

However, the AEA has consistently documented what it describes as regulatory hostility under Biden.

In May 2022, the group published a list of “100 Ways Biden and the Democrats Have Made it Harder to Produce Oil & Gas,” which expanded to 250 actions by the end of Biden’s term.

The AEA’s tracking shows that starting on President Biden’s first day in office, executive orders canceled the Keystone XL pipeline and placed a moratorium on leasing in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge.

By May 2022, the administration had canceled lease sales in Alaska’s Cook Inlet and parts of the Gulf of Mexico.

Alex Stevens, policy and communications manager for the AEA’s research arm, the Institute for Energy Research, told Just the News that many of the current policy changes rely heavily on executive orders, making them vulnerable to reversal by future administrations.

“The congressional actions are sort of the first steps on some of the CRAs [Congressional Review Act] that need to be done. I think overall, a good first couple months here. It’s going to be very important that Congress follows through on a lot of these things,” Stevens said.

Despite the policy shift, Democrats continue to argue that no “war on energy” occurred.

At a House Oversight Committee hearing in May 2024, Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-Md.) stated, “My colleagues have invited you here today to testify about President Biden’s so-called war on energy, which we know doesn’t exist. For better or worse, the United States is producing record high levels of oil and natural gas today.”

Raskin went on to describe climate change as a crisis driven by fossil fuel use, stating, “Climate change is the defining crisis of our time. And we know that burning fossil fuels is by far the leading factor in contributing to climate change, a fact that fossil fuel companies knew about decades ago, but suppressed.”

Similar comments came from other Democrats. Rep. Brendan Boyle (D-Pa.) noted in a September Budget Committee hearing, “This may be an inconvenient fact for some, but under President Biden and Vice President Harris, we are now producing more oil than ever before.”

He also referenced NOAA data on the rising costs of climate-related disasters, though the agency agreed in August to review its methodology after public criticism.

At a separate hearing in February, Rep. Yassamin Ansari (D-Ariz.) called the concept of a war on oil and gas “imaginary,” while advocating for a continued transition away from fossil fuels due to national security concerns.

Stevens said much of the damage done to the energy sector under the Biden-Harris administration impacted long-term investment, particularly in upstream development. He explained that many wells producing under Biden had been drilled during the first Trump term.

At the CERAWeek energy conference in Houston, International Energy Agency Executive Director Fatih Birol said more investment in existing oil and gas fields would be needed to meet future demand—a notable shift from the IEA’s 2021 position that no new investments were necessary for a net-zero transition by 2050.

Alex Epstein, president of the Center for Industrial Progress, addressed this apparent contradiction at the September hearing.

“This is very important when you hear the Biden administration has record production. That’s in spite of them, not because of them,” Epstein said.

The AEA report highlights a fundamental policy shift as the Trump administration pursues what it describes as energy independence and deregulation, while Democrats continue to emphasize climate policy amid record U.S. fossil fuel output.

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