By Alec Schemmel
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A coalition of conservative groups representing the energy industry is hailing a list of 10 regulatory and fiscal “wins” under the Trump administration’s new Energy Secretary Chris Wright, which they say have “restored America’s path toward true energy dominance.”
“Secretary Chris Wright has delivered the boldest course correction in modern energy policy, and the results speak for themselves. He has led the largest deregulatory initiative in Department of Energy history, cut billions in wasteful green subsidies, and restored a clear path to American energy dominance,” Jason Isaac, CEO of one of the groups that signed on to the published list of Trump administration energy sector wins, wrote.
“He halted dozens of harmful appliance rules, streamlined NEPA, canceled politically driven wind, solar, and carbon-capture spending, reignited U.S. LNG and nuclear development, and used emergency authority to keep critical coal capacity online, so the grid stays stable when it matters most,” he continued. “This is what it looks like when Washington finally puts consumers, reliability, and American workers first.”
Groups from the letter include the Heartland Institute, the Energy and Environmental Legal Institute, Truth In Energy and Climate, the American Energy Institute and others.
Several of the “wins” they touted focused on deregulation, such as the rescission or blocking of 47 specific regulations and standards for a variety of consumer appliances, reforms to the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) aimed at reducing permitting delays for energy infrastructure, the cancellation of “billions of dollars” in funding for wind and solar projects, the fast-tracking of Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) projects that the coalition says were “stymied” under the Biden administration and an initiative to critically review the impact of greenhouse gasses on the U.S. climate, among a list of other reforms.
However, environmental groups who spoke to Fox News Digital about the conservative coalition’s victory lap argued the recent reforms actually serve to help big businesses and not the average person. They noted that the viewpoint that President Donald Trump’s environmental agenda is making the country stronger is also a facade.
