ByCharles Kennedy– Feb 20, 2025, 2:00 AM CST
The Army Corps of Engineers has identified 600 energy and infrastructure projects to be developed under President Trump’s national energy emergency declaration.
Among the projects, Reuters reported, were Enbridge’s Line 5 pipeline through Michigan, which has been waiting for a permit for its new route for several years now, along with several natural gas power plants, and LNG terminals proposed by Cheniere Energy, the biggest LNG exporter in the United States.
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The U.S. president declared a national energy emergency when he took office, saying in a White House statement that “The energy and critical minerals (“energy”) identification, leasing, development, production, transportation, refining, and generation capacity of the United States are all far too inadequate to meet our Nation’s needs.”
“We need a reliable, diversified, and affordable supply of energy to drive our Nation’s manufacturing, transportation, agriculture, and defense industries, and to sustain the basics of modern life and military preparedness,” the statement said.
The push to secure the energy needs of the country involve fast-tracking certain projects, which the Army Corps of Engineers was tasked with identifying. The corps is currently “in the process of reviewing active permit applications relative to the Executive Order,” per a spokesman cited by Reuters.
Naturally, not everyone is happy with Trump’s energy agenda. “This end-run around the normal environmental review process is not only harmful for our waters, but is illegal under the Corps’ own emergency permitting regulations,” a senior official at the Environmental Integrity Project told Reuters.
Trump’s national energy emergency also involved canceling billions in dollars in funding for transition projects such as EV battery plants, EV purchase incentives, and, perhaps most notably, offshore wind, which Trump banned. “They’re the most expensive form of energy that you can have, by far. And they kill your birds and they ruin your beautiful landscapes,” the U.S. president said on his first day in office.
By Charles Kennedy for Oilprice.com
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