[United States Statutes at Large, Volume 131, 115th Congress, 1st Session]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

 
Proclamation 9659 of October 12, 2017

National Energy Awareness Month, 2017

By the President of the United States of America

A Proclamation

During National Energy Awareness Month, we commit to achieving an
America First energy policy that will lower energy costs for hardworking
Americans, protect our national security, and promote responsible
stewardship of the environment. The United States is blessed with
extraordinary energy abundance, and we must encourage policies that
allow innovative Americans to unleash our Nation's energy potential and
drive robust job growth and expansion in every sector of our economy.
It is time we make America's energy dominance a priority. Since 1954,
America has been a net importer of energy. My Administration is working
to change that and make America become a net energy exporter by 2026. We
must empower Americans to access the vast reserves of coal, oil, and
natural gas stored across our land, and to develop nuclear, hydropower,
and all other types of clean and renewable energy. Recently, the
Department of Energy approved applications to expand our exports of
liquefied natural gas (LNG) and establish our Nation as a top LNG
supplier to the world. We are also starting to see the effects of ending
the war on coal. In the first months of my Administration, United States
coal exports have increased by nearly 60 percent from the same time
period last year. Together with the Congress and with our State and
local partners, we can better enable improvements in energy
infrastructure, streamline our Nation's complex regulations, and we can
become energy dominant.
An America First energy policy goes hand-in-hand with responsible
environmental protection. Protecting our streams, lakes, and air, and
preserving all of our natural habitats, will always be high priority for
my Administration. Since 1970, aggregate emissions of six common air
pollutants have fallen by 73 percent. We have aggressively fought
pollution and reduced emissions even as our population, energy use, and
energy production have all grown. Innovative technologies focused on
achieving affordable and reliable energy--from Alaska's North Slope to
the Great Plains and the Gulf of Mexico--will continue to allow our
country to protect our environment, while also reducing our trade defi

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cits, strengthening energy security, raising wages, and supporting job
growth for the hundreds of thousands of Americans currently employed in
the energy sector.
During National Energy Awareness Month, we are mindful of our energy use
and determined to safeguard our energy security. We must remember that
some countries do not share our belief in universal access to clean and
affordable energy. We thus recommit to freeing our Nation from reliance
on the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) cartel and
to helping our friends and allies overseas reduce their dependence on
those who seek to use energy as a weapon. An energy dominant America is
good for Americans--and good for the world.
NOW, THEREFORE, I, DONALD J. TRUMP, President of the United States of
America, by virtue of the authority vested in me by the Constitution and
the laws of the United States, do hereby proclaim October 2017 as
National Energy Awareness Month.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this twelfth day of
October, in the year of our Lord two thousand seventeen, and of the
Independence of the United States of America the two hundred and forty-
second.
DONALD J. TRUMP