Tracking every rollback, reversal, and overreach — and the path back to the America we know.
Executive Order 14260 signed on April 8, 2025, restricts state regulatory authority over energy production and development. The order limits state-level environmental regulations that the administration argues impede domestic energy projects. This impacts Americans by potentially reducing energy costs while limiting state environmental protections.
Executive Order 14261, signed on April 8, 2025, amends Executive Order 14241 to promote the coal industry. The order reverses environmental regulations and clean energy policies, directing federal agencies to support coal production and mining operations. This directly impacts energy costs, coal-dependent communities, and environmental protection standards across the United States.
President Trump signed Executive Order 14262 on April 8, 2025, to strengthen the reliability and security of the U.S. electric grid. The order implements measures to protect critical infrastructure and enhance grid resilience against potential threats. The action directly impacts American energy security and the operational stability of the nation's electrical infrastructure.
This proclamation provides regulatory relief for certain stationary sources to promote American energy production. It reduces environmental compliance requirements for industrial facilities. The action lowers operational costs for energy producers while potentially affecting air quality standards and environmental protections for American communities.
Executive Order 14245 imposes tariffs on countries that import Venezuelan oil, targeting nations conducting trade with Venezuela. The order aims to increase economic pressure on the Venezuelan government through trade restrictions. American consumers and businesses may face higher energy costs and increased prices on imported goods from affected countries.
On February 14, 2025, President Trump signed Executive Order 14213 establishing the National Energy Dominance Council. The order creates a new council structure within the executive branch to coordinate energy policy and domestic energy production. The confirmed direct impact includes the creation of a new federal council tasked with energy policy coordination, though specific operational changes and effects on Americans remain to be implemented.
President Trump signed Executive Order 14154 on January 20, 2025, directing federal agencies to expand oil and gas leasing on federal lands and waters, streamline permitting for energy projects, and reduce environmental review timelines. The order eliminates or modifies regulations governing fossil fuel development on public lands. Confirmed direct impacts include accelerated lease sales on federal property and shortened environmental assessment periods for energy infrastructure projects.
On January 20, 2025, President Trump signed Memorandum 2025-01966 withdrawing all areas on the Outer Continental Shelf from federal offshore wind energy leasing and directing a review of federal leasing and permitting practices for wind projects. The memorandum halts new offshore wind lease sales and suspends the federal permitting process for wind development on federal waters. The action directly stops the federal government's ability to issue new offshore wind leases and slows ongoing wind project permitting reviews.
On January 20, 2025, President Trump signed Executive Order 14156 declaring a national energy emergency. The order directs federal agencies to expedite permitting and reduce regulations for energy infrastructure projects, including fossil fuel development on federal lands and waters. The confirmed direct impact includes acceleration of drilling permits, reduced environmental review timelines, and expedited approval processes for energy projects on public lands.
On September 2, 2020, the Trump administration signed a memorandum delegating authority to submit notifications and explanations to Congress regarding the U.S.-International Atomic Energy Agency safeguards agreement. The memorandum authorized the delegation of specific congressional notification requirements related to the ratification of the IAEA safeguards accord for the United States. This action streamlined the administrative process for transmitting required nuclear safeguards documentation to Congress.