{"id":2323756,"date":"2024-08-13T12:21:02","date_gmt":"2024-08-13T16:21:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-promises-to-unleash-american-energy-with-alaskan-oil\/"},"modified":"2024-08-13T12:26:04","modified_gmt":"2024-08-13T16:26:04","slug":"trump-promises-to-unleash-american-energy-with-alaskan-oil","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-promises-to-unleash-american-energy-with-alaskan-oil\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump Promises To Unleash American Energy With Alaskan Oil"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ftrump-promises-to-unleash-american-energy-with-alaskan-oil%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2323756&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Former President Donald Trump declared his commitment to revitalize American energy production, specifically through new oil \u200dand gas operations \u2063in Alaska&#8217;s Arctic \u200cNational Wildlife Refuge \u200c(ANWR). In \u2064a recent \u2063interview, Trump promised to \u200dexpedite drilling activities in the region,\u200c which \u2064had been halted by President Joe Biden four years earlier.\u2062 Trump \u200cemphasized the economic benefits for both Alaska and the broader United States, describing the oil as &#8220;pure, really good stuff.&#8221; His prior administration had opened\u2062 up the 1.6-million-acre area to oil development as part of the 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act.<\/p>\n<p>The drilling debate in ANWR has been contentious for decades, with Republican administrations\u200c consistently facing\u2064 obstacles from Democrats. The U.S. Geological Survey estimates that the area could hold between 4.3 and 11.8 billion barrels of recoverable\u200d oil, which could make it among the nation&#8217;s most\u2062 productive oil fields. Trump remarked that the\u2063 region&#8217;s potential \u2063daily output could\u200d surpass U.S. oil imports from Saudi Arabia, asserting that development would result in significant financial returns and support for European oil needs.<\/p>\n<p>Supporters like \u200bRick Whitbeck, the Alaska director for Power the\u200d Future,\u2063 argue that ANWR\u2064 development is crucial for Alaska&#8217;s energy future and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/russias-invasion-of-ukraine-renews-pennsylvania-lawmakers-keystone-pipeline-calls\/\" title=\"Russia\u2019s Invasion of Ukraine Renews Pennsylvania Lawmakers\u2019 Keystone Pipeline Calls\">national energy security<\/a>. In contrast, Biden&#8217;s administration has actively\u200d sought to \u200climit new oil operations\u200b in Alaska as part of a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/watch-congressman-attacks-nyc-mayor-eric-adams-for-picking-on-small-businesses-with-new-pizzeria-emissions-law\/\" title=\"VIDEO: Congressman criticizes NYC Mayor Eric Adams for targeting small businesses with new pizzeria emissions regulation\">broader environmental initiative<\/a>, blocking \u2063approximately 16 million acres from development and issuing new \u2063regulations. Critics of Biden&#8217;s\u200d policies, \u2062particularly from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/cardin-we-need-to-accelerate-getting-off-fossil-fuels-because-oil-price-is-manipulated-by-other-countries\/\" title=\"Cardin: &#039;We Need to Accelerate&#039; Getting Off Fossil Fuels Because Oil Price Is Manipulated by Other Countries\">oil-producing states<\/a>, have voiced concern\u200d over the \u2062negative impacts on energy production and security.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Former President Donald Trump pledged to unleash American energy production with new oil and gas operations approved in Alaska&rsquo;s Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR). <\/p>\n<p>In a Monday night interview on X with platform CEO Elon Musk, Trump promised to get oil and gas production on Alaska&rsquo;s north slope up and running &ldquo;quickly&rdquo; four years after President Joe Biden <a href=\"https:\/\/www.adn.com\/business-economy\/energy\/2021\/01\/20\/biden-plans-to-block-drilling-in-arctic-refuge-shortly-after-taking-office\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">suspended<\/a> plans for drilling.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I&rsquo;ll get it going very quickly because not only is it big for Alaska,&rdquo; Trump said, but also &ldquo;for the United States.&rdquo; It&rsquo;s &ldquo;pure, really good stuff.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>The Republican president had previously opened the 1.6-million-acre stretch on Alaska&rsquo;s north coast for oil and gas development through the 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act. The administration <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/world\/us\/trump-administration-issues-last-minute-arctic-refuge-drilling-leases-idUSKBN29O2K4\/#:~:text=(Reuters)%20%2D%20The%20Trump%20administration,last%20full%20day%20in%20office.\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">issued<\/a> the first leases to drill in ANWR&rsquo;s coastal plain on Trump&rsquo;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/nasa-nears-second-attempt-to-launch-artemis-moon-rocket-on-debut-test-flight\/\" title=\"NASA nears second attempt to launch Artemis moon rocket on debut test flight\">final full day<\/a> in office before Biden halted projects and ultimately <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2023\/09\/07\/biden-cancels-all-remaining-leases-congress-issued-in-arctic-refuge-further-gutting-american-energy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">terminated<\/a> the leases last summer.<\/p>\n<p>Drilling along the 1.6 million acres of the nearly 20-million-acre refuge has remained a political football for decades, with Republican administrations repeatedly <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2021\/06\/23\/how-the-left-is-exploiting-tribal-hypocrisy-on-oil-leases-in-the-arctic-national-wildlife-refuge\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">failing<\/a> against Democrats to bring oil and gas production to communities within what is known as the 1002 Area. The U.S. Geological Survey&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/pubs.usgs.gov\/fs\/fs-0028-01\/fs-0028-01.htm\">estimates<\/a>&nbsp;that below the surface of an area roughly the size of South Carolina lie between 4.3 and 11.8 billion barrels of recoverable oil. If successful, the region, just 60 miles from where companies have been drilling for decades with minimal environmental impact in <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2021\/08\/13\/biden-begs-middle-east-for-oil-while-halting-oil-production-in-alaska\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Prudhoe Bay<\/a>, could become the most productive oil field in the country.<\/p>\n<p>William Shughart, a research director of the Independent Institute and professor at Utah State University, <a href=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/opinion\/energy-environment\/354209-anwrs-oil-reserves-are-too-important-to-keep-in-the-ground\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">wrote<\/a> in 2017 &ldquo;the potential daily peak production there, 1.4 million barrels per day, is more oil than the U.S. imports from Saudi Arabia.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;We were going to drill,&rdquo; Trump said Monday, &ldquo;and we were going to make so much money, we were going to supply Europe with oil.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<figure><\/figure>\n<p>&ldquo;President Trump gets it,&rdquo; said Rick Whitbeck, the Alaska state director for the energy non-profit Power the Future. &ldquo;Alaska is a key piece of America&rsquo;s energy security, and ANWR&rsquo;s development is a key piece of Alaska&rsquo;s energy future. When Congress authorized ANWR development in 2017, they understood that.&rdquo; <\/p>\n<p>Biden shut down Arctic oil and gas operations as part of the administration&rsquo;s broader campaign to aggressively lock off 30 percent of the nation&rsquo;s lands and waterways by 2030 in an initiative known as &ldquo;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.vox.com\/2021\/5\/7\/22423139\/biden-30-by-30-conservation-initiative-historic\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">30 for 30<\/a>&rdquo; &mdash; primarily targeting Alaska. Last year, the Department of the Interior <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2023\/03\/14\/biden-is-trying-to-have-it-both-ways-on-arctic-drilling\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">blocked<\/a> another roughly 16 million acres in Alaska from new opportunities for oil and gas development and issued <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2024\/04\/22\/to-celebrate-earth-day-the-white-house-locks-off-more-alaskan-earth-from-american-use\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">more regulations<\/a> against oil exploration in 13 million acres of the state in April.<\/p>\n<p>States in the Lower 48, meanwhile, particularly in <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2021\/05\/13\/new-mexico-oil-disaster-atop-colonial-pipeline-fiasco-exposes-lunacy-of-biden-energy-policy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">New Mexico<\/a>, have suffered from the Biden administration&rsquo;s suspension of oil and gas leases on federal land under a moratorium lasting <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/590639\/biden-resumes-oil-and-gas-leases-on-federal-land-at-dramatically-lessened-scale\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">more than a year<\/a>. The Navajo Nation, however, was <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2023\/06\/02\/biden-interior-department-cuts-off-navajo-nation-from-oil-and-gas-development\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">denied<\/a> the opportunity to develop its own oil and gas reserves in New Mexico in a decision provoked by a rival tribe that is now the subject of an ethics <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2023\/08\/18\/haaland-hit-with-ethics-complaint-after-stripping-oil-and-gas-opportunities-from-navajo-nation\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">complaint<\/a> against the Department of the Interior.<\/p>\n<p>Musk, who founded the electric car company Tesla, said in the Monday night interview politicians make a mistake when they vilify the oil and gas industry.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;If we were to stop using oil and gas right now,&rdquo; Musk said, &ldquo;we would all be starving, and the economy would collapse.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>The Tesla CEO argued industries have more time than the leftist consensus would suggest innovating new technologies that can replace finite resources in the future. <\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;We don&rsquo;t need to rush,&rdquo; Musk said, &ldquo;and we don&rsquo;t need to stop farmers from farming or prevent people from having steaks.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<hr>\n<p>      Tristan Justice is the western correspondent for The Federalist and the author of Social Justice Redux, a conservative newsletter on culture, health, and wellness. He has also written for The Washington Examiner and The Daily Signal. His work has also been featured in Real Clear Politics and Fox News. Tristan graduated from George Washington University where he majored in political science and minored in journalism. Follow him on Twitter at @JusticeTristan or contact him at Tristan@thefederalist.com. Sign up for Tristan&#8217;s email newsletter <a href=\"https:\/\/socialjusticeredux.substack.com\/about\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Former President Donald Trump committed to revitalizing American energy production by initiating new oil and gas operations in Alaska&#8217;s Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR). During a Monday night interview on X with CEO Elon Musk, Trump stated he would swiftly resume oil and gas production on Alaska&#8217;s north slope, following President Joe Biden&#8217;s suspension of drilling plans four years ago. &#8220;I\u2019ll get it going very quickly because not only is it significant for Alaska,&#8221; Trump remarked, &#8220;but also for the United States.&#8221; He described the resources as &#8220;pure, really good stuff.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Trump had previously opened the 1.6-million-acre area along Alaska\u2019s northern coast for oil and gas development through the 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act. His administration issued initial drilling leases in ANWR\u2019s coastal plain on his last full day in office before Biden halted those projects and ultimately canceled the leases last summer.<\/p>\n<p>The debate over drilling within the nearly 20-million-acre refuge has been contentious for decades, with Republican administrations consistently facing opposition from Democrats regarding oil and gas production in what is known as the 1002 Area. The U.S. Geological Survey estimates that this region could contain between 4.3 to 11.8 billion barrels of recoverable oil beneath an area comparable to South Carolina&#8217;s size. If successful, this site\u2014located just 60 miles from Prudhoe Bay where companies have drilled with minimal environmental impact\u2014could become America&#8217;s most productive oil field.<\/p>\n<p>William Shughart, a research director at the Independent Institute and professor at Utah State University, noted back in 2017 that potential peak daily production there could reach up to 1.4 million barrels per day\u2014more than what the U.S. imports from Saudi Arabia.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We were going to drill,&#8221; Trump said during his interview on Monday, adding that they would generate substantial revenue while supplying Europe with oil.<\/p>\n<p>Rick Whitbeck, state director for energy non-profit Power the Future in Alaska, expressed support: \u201cPresident Trump understands that Alaska plays a crucial role in America\u2019s energy security; developing ANWR is vital for Alaska\u2019s energy future.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>In contrast, Biden halted Arctic oil and gas operations as part of a broader initiative aimed at conserving 30 percent of national lands and waterways by 2030\u2014a plan primarily focused on areas like Alaska. Last year alone saw approximately another 16 million acres blocked from new opportunities for development while additional regulations were imposed against exploration across another portion of Alaskan land.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, states outside of Alaska have faced challenges due to Biden&#8217;s moratorium on federal land leases lasting over a year; New Mexico has particularly felt these effects despite efforts by tribes like Navajo Nation seeking to develop their own reserves amid legal disputes involving rival tribes.<\/p>\n<p>Musk criticized politicians who demonize the oil industry during their discussion: \u201cIf we stopped using oil and gas right now,\u201d he warned, \u201cwe would all be starving; our economy would collapse.\u201d He argued that industries still have time to innovate technologies capable of replacing finite resources without rushing or hindering agricultural practices or dietary choices such as consuming steak.<\/p>\n<p>Tristan Justice serves as The Federalist&#8217;s western correspondent and authors Social Justice Redux\u2014a conservative newsletter focusing on culture health\u2014and wellness topics while contributing pieces featured across various platforms including Real Clear Politics and Fox News after graduating from George Washington University with degrees in political science (major) alongside journalism (minor). Follow him @JusticeTristan or contact via email at Tristan@thefederalist.com; sign up here for his newsletter updates!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":494,"featured_media":2323757,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/30075218105_de6762c5d8_h-e1723558331547.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[546],"tags":[38000,37999,5894,3634],"class_list":["post-2323756","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-federalist","tag-alaskan-oil","tag-american-energy","tag-politics","tag-trump"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/30075218105_de6762c5d8_h-e1723558331547.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2323756","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/494"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2323756"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2323756\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2323757"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2323756"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2323756"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2323756"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}