Trump creates council for 'energy dominance,' boosts natural gas exports and offshore drilling

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Source: Associated Press

Trump creates council for ‘energy dominance,’ boosts natural gas exports and offshore drilling

By MATTHEW DALY
Updated 6:43 PM EST, February 14, 2025

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump on Friday signed an executive order formally creating a National Energy Dominance Council and directed it to move quickly to drive up already record-setting domestic oil and gas production.

Trump’s administration also announced it has granted conditional export authorization for a huge liquefied natural gas project in Louisiana, the first approval of new LNG exports since former President Joe Biden paused consideration of them a year ago.

And Trump said he has directed Interior Secretary Doug Burgum to undo Biden’s ban on future offshore oil drilling on the East and West coasts. Biden’s last-minute action last month “viciously took out” more than 625 million acres offshore that could contribute to the nation’s “net worth,” Trump said.

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