Though largely symbolic, President Trump’s declaration of an “energy emergency” could throw a wrench in renewable energy development and will cut into the Endangered Species Act

The incoming administration will enact a suite of reforms geared towards boosting U.S. fossil fuel production.

Legal experts said the president was testing the boundaries of executive power with aggressive orders designed to stop the country from transitioning to renewable energy.

Republican Representative Chuck Fleischmann of Tennessee discussed the first-day actions taken by President Donald Trump on energy policy (Source: Bloomberg)

The misuse of power under Donald Trump is to be taken for granted. Monday ’s list of executive actions on behalf of the fossil-fuel industry was entirely expected—this time around, there is no hesitation about withdrawing from the Paris climate accord (a decision that took four months in his first term),