The Oil Industry Wrote a Wishlist. Trump’s Interior Department Is Delivering.

A top oil trade group submitted a policy wishlist to top DOI appointees. The Department is moving quickly to give industry what it wants.

Jul 31, 2025

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a black and white photo of an oil pump — Photo by Jacob Padilla on Unsplash

The oil industry wants many things out of the Trump administration, and it has collected its top priorities in a wishlist of sorts. Titled “Enabling Energy Dominance: Federal Policy Levers,” the 9-page document contains a sampler platter of Big Oil’s major policy desires, from rolling back key Endangered Species Act reg…

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Hana Beach

Hana Beach is an investigative reporter and filmmaker looking at the intersection of climate change and the political economy. Specifically, her work focuses on the management of public lands.