10 Things Trump Can Do In The First 100 Days For Energy Independence

President-elect Donald Trump has a big job ahead of him in restoring common sense and sanity to federal energy policy when he takes office on January 20. The last four years in this realm can more accurately be characterized as a series of ill-considered, irrational scams than as any sort of coherent, productive set of policies. It has been four years of bad policies — largely based on crass crony capitalism principles — that has done severe damage to America’s level of energy security.

There is no doubt that cleaning up this mess left behind by President Joe Biden and his appointees will take the full four years of Trump’s second term. But the new president will be able to take some fast actions to jump-start the process as part of his first 100 days agenda. (RELATED: DAVID BOSSIE: Why Trump’s Right On Panama Canal And Greenland)

With respect, here is a list of 10 quick common-sense actions Trump can take to begin to restore America’s energy security: