U.S. President Donald Trump’s declaration of a national energy emergency to boost drilling and speed up pipeline construction should withstand court challenges but will not allow oil and gas producers to skirt all environmental laws,

Invoking presidential emergency powers gives the president the ability to go around Congress and unlock federal funding to crack down at the border.

President Trump has declared an energy emergency, which his team has said would unlock additional powers to jump-start production. Speaking about the declaration from behind the desk of the Oval

President Donald Trump on Monday laid out a sweeping plan to maximize oil and gas production, including by declaring a national energy emergency to speed permitting, rolling back environmental protections,

President Donald Trump opened his second term with an inaugural address declaring that America has a “national energy emergency.” Vowing to tap into the country’s vast oil and gas reserves, Trump dismisses the overwhelming majority of climate scientists who say burning fossil fuels releases greenhouse gases that overheat the planet.

() – President Donald Trump signed an executive order Monday night declaring a national energy emergency.  Trump announced the order earlier in the day during his Inauguration Speech.

By Timothy Gardner, Valerie Volcovici and Andrea Shalal WASHINGTON (Reuters) -President Donald Trump on Monday laid out a sweeping plan to maximize already record high U.S. oil and gas production by declaring a national energy emergency,