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

The misuse of power under Donald Trump is to be taken for granted. Monday’s list of executive actions on behalf of the fossil-fuel industry was entirely expected—this time around, there is no hesitation about withdrawing from the Paris climate accord (a decision that took four months in his first term),

Energy & Environment Energy & Environment   The Big Story Trump to declare national energy emergency On his first day in office, President-elect Trump will issue a

President Donald Trump declared a national energy emergency as part of a wave of executive actions on his first day in office. The order cited high energy prices as a reason the country needed to boost oil and gas production.

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.