Trump Vowed Energy Dominance. Here’s How He’s Doing

The US is on pace to pump more oil this year than any other nation in history as President Donald Trump puts the federal government’s full weight behind his sweeping agenda to champion fossil fuels and gut support for wind and solar.

Trump has moved with remarkable speed during his first 10 months to sweep away climate rules, derail clean-energy projects, resurrect proposed pipelines, approve massive new liquefied natural gas terminals and move toward opening more land and water to drilling. He’s vowed, meanwhile, to lower electricity prices and bring gasoline under $2 a gallon.

An oil pump jack in Midland, Texas.

Photographer: Sergio Flores/Bloomberg

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