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An Emergency Fix to Biden’s Energy Disaster
January 24th, 2025

- Stay up to date on all things energy by visiting the TEA Newsroom.
- America needs Affordable, Reliable, Clean energy security.
- EV startup Canoo has filed for bankruptcy.
- Aspiring energy company banking on Trump’s return.
- GOP states, oil lobbying groups sue White House over offshore drilling.
- Biden had no idea he signed LNG export pause, Johnson says.
- Trump’s gas boom pledge is good for Europe — if he can deliver.
- California Gov. Newsom hits Trump over climate executive actions.
- Republicans fall in line with Trump energy orders.
- Louisiana leads lawsuit against Biden’s ban on new offshore drilling.

The issue: President Donald Trump, in his Inauguration address on Monday, outlined his Day One energy agenda: Drill, baby, drill. Take advantage of America’s liquid gold. End all Green New Deal policies. Reverse Biden’s EV mandates and LNG export ban.
Why it matters: American energy is on its way back, as Trump announced numerous measures to promote fossil fuels. He declared a national energy emergency and reversed harmful Biden-era rules. As a result, America is about to return to energy independence and dominance. We strongly encourage members of both parties of Congress to immediately begin working with President Trump and his crack energy team, including Doug Burgum, Chris Wright and Lee Zeldin.
Consider:
- Trump also is focused on the future, with an “energy emergency” measure that is aimed at the growing technology boom and our national defense.
- In one order, Trump directed agencies and departments to “eliminate harmful, coercive ‘climate’ policies that increase the costs of food and fuel.”
- Trump also pulled the United States out of the Paris international climate agreement for a second time in eight years.
- He froze pending federal regulations, a step toward the promised deregulatory blitz.
Remember back on Nov. 5 it was a time of joy following the sweeping election of Trump back into The White House. We recall these positive comments from Congressional Republicans celebrating their new Senate majority, and the favorable outcome for their party in the presidential contest, also made clear that expanding U.S. oil production would be a major priority:
“We chose a President who will unleash American energy [and] lower prices,” said Sen. John Barrasso (R-Wyo.), the ranking member on the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee.
House Majority Leader Steve Scalise (R-La.) said he “look[ed] forward to working with President Trump to lower food and energy prices for families.”
Talk now must turn to action as like-minded leaders in both the executive and legislative branches need to work together to accomplish these energy goals, primarily promoting affordable, reliable and clean energy, the ARC Energy Security. Then we can truly Make American Energy Great Again.
Bottom line: High energy costs devastate American consumers by driving up the cost of transportation, heating, utilities, farming, and manufacturing, while weakening our national security.

The issue: Sticking with growth plans for green energy is the best response to Donald Trump after the U.S. president’s “fatal” move to withdraw from the Paris climate accord, German vice chancellor Robert Habeck said on Tuesday.
Why it matters: We recognize most Americans aren’t attuned to Germany’s economic and environmental policies. Perhaps there is a lesson with an impending election, after witnessing what transpired here in our last election. Germany, Europe’s biggest economy, holds a national election on Feb. 23, where Habeck’s Greens are trailing in opinion polls as a cost-of-living crisis and an economic downturn has shifted some voters’ focus away from climate protection.
Sound familiar? Trump ran and won largely on a pro-domestic energy agenda that puts hydrocarbons first. Habeck’s party may very well go the way of the Democratic Party with its Green New Deal proposals that ran afoul of millions of everyday Americans. It didn’t work for Kamala Harris and other climate extremist candidates on the ballot.
Consider:
- Renewable producers needed to pay a part of grid costs, says one power transmission executive. Currently, they pay nothing.
- It sounds a lot like Biden-era federal subsidies that put our federal government on course to provide wind and solar with a projected $421 billion and electric vehicle manufacturing another $105 billion over the next 10 years.
- Grid operators should also be allowed to raise their fees as they are too low to attract international investors to grids.
Germany has fallen behind economically in recent years, and its rapid shift to green energy without sufficient infrastructure development has resulted in both energy insecurity and overall economic hardship.
Bottom line: Seems like it’s time for Germany to take a lesson from the US and make a serious course correction in its upcoming election. Their green-at-any-costs path has resulted in a disastrous situation.

Gas prices ticked up by 3 cents to $3.13 nationally, but in states like Mississippi and Oklahoma, drivers are still paying as low as $2.68. As oil prices remain volatile, natural gas provides a more stable, cost-effective alternative, helping keep energy costs—and pump prices—lower for consumers.

Nothing on the calendar for next week as Congress is out of session!

“President Biden left office in Executive One. It flies using Jet A-1 fuel … primarily made from crude oil. It is the oil and gas industry that will be getting President Biden out of Washington today.”