Steven M Taber

July 26, 2017 | The Legal Intelligencer

On March 28, President Donald Trump signed the presidential executive order on Promoting Energy Independence and Economic Growth. This executive order hopes to be the catalyst to "unleash America's $50 trillion in untapped shale, oil and natural gas reserves, plus hundreds of years in clean coal reserves." And by doing so, it aims to make the United States the global leader in fossil-fuel production and achieve not just "energy independence," but "energy dominance"—a phrase that was front and center during the Trump administration's (June 26–30, 2017), "Energy Week."

By Steven M. Taber

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