The move is the latest in a string of efforts by Trump's administration to pump up domestic energy output and push back against largely Democratic-led policies to curb carbon emissions. It came just hours after Trump, a Republican, issued orders to increase coal production.
“Many States have enacted, or are in the process of enacting, burdensome and ideologically motivated ‘climate change’ or energy policies that threaten American energy dominance and our economic and national security,“ the order said.
The two Democratic governors who co-chair the US Climate Alliance - Kathy Hochul of New York and Michelle Lujan Grisham of New Mexico - said states could not be stripped of their authority and would not be deterred by the executive order.
The Alliance is a group of 24 governors dedicated to climate action.
“We welcome President Trump’s action to hold states like New York and California accountable for pursuing unconstitutional efforts that illegally penalize US oil and natural gas producers for delivering the energy American consumers rely on every day,“ API Senior Vice President Ryan Meyers said in a statement.
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