Trump Says Interior Pick Burgum Will Chair New National Energy Council
16/11/2024 7:21
President-elect Donald Trump said on Friday that he was creating a National Energy Council to coordinate policies to boost U.S. energy production that will be led by his pick for interior secretary, North Dakota Governor Doug Burgum.
The National Energy Council will represent federal departments and agencies involved in permitting and regulating all forms of energy, the statement said.
"This Council will oversee the path to U.S. ENERGY DOMINANCE by cutting red tape, enhancing private sector investments across all sectors of the Economy, and by focusing on INNOVATION over longstanding, but totally unnecessary, regulation," Trump said in a statement.
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