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President Donald Trump, center, standing with from left, Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke, Vice President Mike Pence, Energy Secretary Rick Perry and Environmental
Protection Agency Administrator Scott Pruitt, speaks at the Department of Energy in Washington, Thursday, June 29, 2017.
(AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Trump Urges ‘Energy Dominance’ as he Promotes Exports, Jobs

By MATTHEW DALY rewriting a five-year drill- can energy is now under- ral gas are surging, primar- While Trump has promised
JOSH BOAK ing plan established by way,” Trump said in a Thurs- ily because of improved that the initiative will create
Associated Press the Obama administration, day speech at the Energy drilling techniques such as millions of jobs, the energy
WASHINGTON (AP) — The with an eye toward open- Department. “And I’ll go fracking that have opened sector employs fewer work-
Trump administration said ing areas in the Arctic and a step further: The golden up production in previously ers than it did a decade
Thursday it is taking steps Atlantic oceans that now era of America is now un- out-of-reach areas. Trump ago despite the recent
to expand oil drilling in the are off-limits to drilling. It’s derway, believe me. And has pledged to ramp up boom. The Labor Depart-
Arctic and Atlantic oceans one of six initiatives that the you’re all going to be a production further, with- ment said there are 655,300
as President Donald Trump president unveiled Thurs- part of it in creating this ex- drawing from the Paris cli- jobs in mining coal and ex-
continues to push for U.S. day in hopes of generating citing new future.” mate change agreement tracting oil and natural gas,
“energy dominance” in the more energy exports and U.S. oil production has because of the limitations down from a peak of 1.18
global market. jobs. boomed in recent years, that it could have placed million jobs in 1981.
The Interior Department is “The golden era of Ameri- and exports of oil and natu- on the burning of fossil fuels. Continued on Page 3