U.S. President Donald Trump on Monday, January 20, unveils a plan to increase oil and gas production, including declaring a national energy emergency to expedite permitting, and rolling back environmental protections.
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00:00U.S. President Donald Trump on Monday, January 20, unveiled a plan to increase oil and gas
00:06production.
00:07This includes declaring a national energy emergency to expedite permitting and rolling
00:11back environmental protections.
00:13The move represents a significant shift in energy policy, reversing former President
00:18Joe Biden's efforts to transition away from fossil fuels.
00:21Trump then signs an executive order pulling the United States out of the 2015 Paris Climate
00:26Accord.
00:27This excludes the world's largest emitter from global climate change efforts for the
00:31second time in a decade.
00:33He also signs an order to encourage oil and gas development in Alaska, overturning Biden's
00:38efforts to protect Arctic lands and U.S. coastal waters from drilling.
00:42Meantime, environmental groups say they will challenge the executive orders in court.