Since taking office, the Trump administration has moved aggressively to roll back existing common sense energy policies and enact an agenda written by the oil and gas industry. A new analysis finds the Trump administration and their allies in Congress have acted on at least 22 policy changes supported by energy companies and associations as of December 2017. These include efforts to remove safeguards on drilling, shut out the public from decision making, and increase drilling inside of America’s parks and wildlife refuges.
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Not in Their Wildest Dreams
Dec 7, 2017
Issue: Ethics & Transparency, Oil & Gas
Subject: Interior, Lobbying & Politics, Mining, Polling & Data
By Center for Western Priorities
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