On the first day of his second term, President Donald Trump announced some energy and environmental policy priorities that represent a stark departure from U.S. climate policy under former President Joe Biden.
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His professed policies include a declaration of a "national energy emergency," a rollback of the previous administration's vehicle emissions standards -- which were released last March -- and the U.S. withdrawal from the Paris Agreement, which is a major international agreement intended to reduce the impacts of global warming.
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Trump said during his second inaugural address Monday afternoon that he will declare a national energy emergency during his first day in office and drill, baby, drill.
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