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8:20 PM PT — Sunday, Dec. 30, 2018
With 2018 coming to a close, reports are shedding light on the Trump Administration’s accomplishments, regarding energy policies.President Donald Trump signs an executive order to keep families together at the border, but says that the ‘zero-tolerance’ prosecution policy will continue, during an event in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, Wednesday, June 20, 2018. Standing behind Trump are Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen, left, and Vice President Mike Pence. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)
President Trump implemented several measures, according to a Breitbart article on Sunday, most recently rolling-back the 2015 Clean Water Act, which officials criticized as being too restrictive on farmers, land developers, and energy companies.
Last year, the President also signed an Executive Order to rewrite the Clean Power Plan, which did away with Obama-era restrictions on coal production and gave jurisdiction to states.
He touted the measure as a way to curtail job-killing regulations, and argued the policy would have raised price of energy.
With President Trump just a little over halfway into his term, he’s poised to continue cutting burdensome regulations from the previous administration, which could potentially bring thousands of jobs into the United States.
