Trump, Congress to Alter, Not Erase Biden Energy Legacy

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

71% : During his first term from 2017 to 2020, Trump delivered for the U.S. oil and gas industry, and it delivered for him.
53% : Trump has said he wants more production, beyond 12.9 million barrels per day in an effort to reduce gasoline prices by half within a year of his inauguration January 20, 2025.
50% : "Republicans have several options to scale back Biden energy policies in 2025 -- the Congressional Review Act, budget reconciliation, executive action via the Cabinet, and executive orders from Trump himself.
47% : While Trump could use executive authority to unwind Biden energy provisions, Mosby and others have said Congress is likely to lead a process that peels back policy, discards or alters certain provisions, all of which experts say insulates the action from legal scrutiny.
45% : Trump could keep a chunk of his energy policy promises through West Virginia Democratic Senator Joe Manchin's Energy Permitting and Reform Act of 2024, still awaiting a vote by the full House of Representatives.
40% : In 2019, Forbes reported that Trump harvested more money for the U.S. Treasury from domestic oil and gas leases than any president in U.S. history.
30% : But the political course Trump must take to unwind Biden's trillion-dollar industrial energy policy is fraught.
26% : North Dakota Governor Doug Burgum, who also ran against Trump for the 2024 presidential nomination, would run the Interior Department.

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