All documents listed below are taken from the official, federal government’s White House website unless otherwise noted. This is not ‘fake news’ or distortion. This is exactly what President Trump has written and ordered.
Following are some of President Trump’s Executive Orders and Presidential Orders mandating energy exploration and production, and mining of minerals on federal lands and waters, including on the Outer Continental Shelf. He has relaxed or eliminated all regulations passed by previous US Congresses and Presidents – of both parties:
Administration of Donald J. Trump, 2025 Executive Order 14154—Unleashing American Energy January 20, 2025
Declaring a National Energy Emergency
Unleashing Alaska’s Extraordinary Resource Potential – The White House
Modifying the Bears Ears National Monument
Modifying the Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument
Zero-based Regulatory Budgeting to Unleash American Energy
Following are Executive Orders, Fact Sheets, and Presidential Actions from President Trump. He has relaxed or eliminated all regulations passed by previous US Congresses and Presidents of both parties concerning access roads into federal lands for logging, mining, and drilling:
Executive Order 14408 – Removing Unnecessary and Counterproductive Restrictions on Access to Federal Lands
Executive order 11644 – Use of off-road vehicles on pubic lands – Issued in 1972 under President Richard Nixon – Republican. President Trump has countermanded this order.
Executive Order 11989 – Public Land Jurisdiction – Issued in 1972 under President Richard Nixon – Republican. President Trump has countermanded this order.
Immediate Expansion of American Timber Production
President Trump has weakened or eliminated regulations covering public grazing land which were put in place by former US Congresses and Presidents of both parties to eliminate over-grazing and protect these valuable grasslands:
Supporting America’s Ranchers
President Trump’s Executive Orders concerning clean air and climate control:
Regulatory Relief for Certain Stationary Sources To Promote American Energy
From the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA): President Trump and Administrator Zeldin Deliver Single Largest Deregulatory Action in U.S. History
From the Department of Energy: Eddystone Generating Station, Eddystone, PA
From the EPA: Greenhouse Gas Standards and Guidelines for Fossil Fuel-Fired Power Plants
President Trump is relaxing or eliminating all regulations for development on federally owned land:
Accelerating Federal Permitting of Data Center Infrastructure