President Trump on Monday invoked wartime authority under the Defense Production Act (DPA) to try to push for more oil, gas and coal.
The DPA gives the president the authority to increase the production of certain items to advance national security.
Trump this week issued five memos applying it to oil, coal, natural gas infrastructure and exports, electric grid equipment and “large-scale energy and energy-related infrastructure.”
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