ExxonKnews
April 9, 2025
Just weeks after oil executives met with President Trump at the White House and asked him to do something about the growing number of state climate policies, laws, and lawsuits targeting their companies’ conduct, Trump is directing the Justice Department to “expeditiously take all appropriate action” to quash those initiatives, which he has deemed “fundamentally irreconcilable with my Administration’s objective to unleash American energy.”
While yesterday’s executive order alone has no direct impact, it instructs Attorney General Pam Bondi to take steps to “stop the enforcement of State laws and continuation of civil actions” that could impede the fossil fuel industry and “recommend any additional Presidential or legislative action necessary” within 60 days.
