
WASHINGTON ― President-elect Donald Trump will declare a "national energy emergency" on energy as part of a suite of executive actions he plans to take after he's sworn into office to carry out his long-promised "drill, baby, drill" agenda on American fossil fuels, incoming White House officials said. The orders include eliminating the so-called "electric vehicle mandate," Trump's phrase for a Environmental Protection Agency rule that requires auto manufacturers cut greenhouse gas emissions by half in new light- and medium-duty vehicles beginning in 2027. The EPA has estimated the rule...