Trump signs memos to boost US fossil-fuel production for ‘defense readiness’

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President claims ‘inadequate’ supply presents security threat and orders expansion of oil, coal and gas production

Donald Trump on Monday released a series of memos that doubled down on his support of increased domestic fossil fuel production for purported “defense readiness”.

Trump’s memos, which cited the president’s 20 January 2025 https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jan/20/trump-executive-order-energy-emergency">executive order declaring a national energy emergency, said US-based https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2026/04/presidential-determination-pursuant-to-section-303-of-the-defense-production-act-of-1950-as-amended-on-domestic-petroleum-production-refining-and-logistics-capacity/https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2026/04/presidential-determination-pursuant-to-section-303-of-the-defense-production-act-of-1950-as-amended-on-domestic-petroleum-production-refining-and-logistics-capacity/">oil, https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2026/04/presidential-determination-pursuant-to-section-303-of-the-defense-production-act-of-1950-as-amended-on-coal-supply-chains-and-baseload-power-generation-capacity/">coal, and https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2026/04/presidential-determination-pursuant-to-section-303-of-the-defense-production-act-of-1950-as-amended-on-natural-gas-transmission-processing-storage-and-liquefied-natural-gas-capacity/">natural gas production must expand “to avert an industrial resource or critical technology item shortfall that would severely impair national defense capability”.

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