President Donald Trump has been busy since getting back into the White House torching the policies of his predecessor, former President Joe Biden.
Among those policies is what some have deemed the war on appliances by the previous administration.
On Tuesday, the president announced on his TruthSocial account that he directed Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Secretary Lee Zeldin to start examining regulations on appliances such as sinks, dishwashers, showers, and washing machines.
“I am hereby instructing Secretary Lee Zeldin to immediately go back to my Environmental Orders, which were terminated by Crooked Joe Biden, on Water Standards and Flow pertaining to SINKS, SHOWERS, TOILETS, WASHING MACHINES, DISHWASHERS, etc., and to likewise go back to the common sense standards on LIGHTBULBS, that were put in place by the Trump Administration, but terminated by Crooked Joe. I look forward to signing these Orders. THANK YOU!!!” he said.
It is not the first time Trump has taken aim at former President Biden’s ‘green energy’ policies.
On Inauguration Day, Trump signed an executive order to “unleash” the nation’s “affordable and reliable energy and natural resources.”
“In recent years, burdensome and ideologically motivated regulations have impeded the development of these resources, limited the generation of reliable and affordable electricity, reduced job creation, and inflicted high energy costs upon our citizens,” the order said. “These high energy costs devastate American consumers by driving up the cost of transportation, heating, utilities, farming, and manufacturing, while weakening our national security.”
This month former energy industry CEO Chris Wright was confirmed by the Senate to serve as Trump’s secretary of energy, where he will play a key role in shaping the president’s “Drill, baby, drill” energy agenda. Wright earned bipartisan support from the Senate.
A nominee with extensive experience, Wright has served as CEO and founder of Liberty Energy Inc. since 2011. His nomination passed through the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee before being brought to the floor for a final vote, where he was confirmed 59 to 38.
Upon his swearing-in, Wright will work closely with President Trump to lead the charge on his energy agenda for the next four years. The 47th president has prioritized energy in his first two weeks in office, declaring an “energy emergency” on his first day, ending former President Joe Biden’s pause on liquefied natural gas exports, and rolling back climate standards set by the previous administration.
Wright’s vision is aligned with Trump’s, as he stated during his confirmation hearing that his primary focus would be to unleash American energy and enhance energy production in the U.S.
Trump cited the National Emergencies Act (50 U.S.C. 1601 et seq.) (“NEA”) and section 301 of Title 3, United States Code, in declaring the energy emergency.
“This active threat to the American people from high energy prices is exacerbated by our Nation’s diminished capacity to insulate itself from hostile foreign actors. Energy security is an increasingly crucial theater of global competition,” the order states.
“In an effort to harm the American people, hostile state and non-state foreign actors have targeted our domestic energy infrastructure, weaponized our reliance on foreign energy, and abused their ability to cause dramatic swings within international commodity markets. An affordable and reliable domestic supply of energy is a fundamental requirement for the national and economic security of any nation,” the order continues.
It adds:
The integrity and expansion of our Nation’s energy infrastructure —- from coast to coast -— is an immediate and pressing priority for the protection of the United States’ national and economic security. It is imperative that the Federal government puts the physical and economic wellbeing of the American people first.
Moreover, the United States has the potential to use its unrealized energy resources domestically, and to sell to international allies and partners a reliable, diversified, and affordable supply of energy. This would create jobs and economic prosperity for Americans forgotten in the present economy, improve the United States’ trade balance, help our country compete with hostile foreign powers, strengthen relations with allies and partners, and support international peace and security. Accordingly, our Nation’s dangerous energy situation inflicts unnecessary and perilous constraints on our foreign policy.