    [United States Statutes at Large, Volume 132, 115th Congress, 2nd Session]
    [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

    Proclamation 9794 of September 28, 2018

    National Energy Awareness Month, 2018

    By the President of the United States of America

    A Proclamation

    During National Energy Awareness Month, we recognize the remarkable role
    American energy plays in producing more abundant, affordable, and
    reliable power for our Nation and the world. My Administration is
    reducing regulatory burdens on the energy sector, developing innovative
    energy technologies, and building new energy-related infrastructure. Our
    agenda is fueling tremendous economic growth and forging a more secure
    future for our country and our allies.
    The American energy renaissance is pressing forward with stunning speed.
    The United States is becoming both energy independent and energy
    dominant because of the entrepreneurial spirit of the American people
    and the application of innovative technologies to energy production,
    transmission, distribution, and use. Recently, United States crude oil
    production rose to roughly 11 million barrels a day, making our Nation
    the largest global producer. Additionally, the United States is the
    world's largest producer of natural gas, and, in 2017, our coal exports
    rose by roughly 60 percent over the previous year. American energy
    dominance means the end of our crippling dependence on foreign energy,
    and that our industries have access to reliable, affordable, and diverse
    energy supplies that enable them to compete in the global marketplace.
    Increasing energy security is also ushering in a new era of American
    leadership around the world as we export more of our energy bounty to
    friends and allies abroad, freeing them from hostile dependence.
    Our Nation's increasingly innovative energy industry is proving that we
    can be responsible stewards of the environment while developing energy
    resources to grow the economy, lower costs, ignite job creation, and
    drive up incomes for American workers. From 2005 to 2017, the United
    States led the world in cutting energy-related carbon dioxide emissions,
    reducing them by about 860 million metric tons. Between 1970 and 2017,
    combined emissions from the six common pollutants dropped by 73 percent,
    all while our economy continued to grow. We are leading the world in the
    development of the next generation of energy technologies that will
    convert our abundant and diverse domestic energy resources, including
    coal, natural gas, nuclear, and renewables, into the useful energy
    services that power our economy. America's innovative minds and
    industrial might, not the mandates of international agreements, have
    made our Nation the world leader in producing energy more abundantly
    while simultaneously reducing emissions.
    America's future has never been brighter, and American energy is leading
    the way in providing jobs, opportunity, and security for our Nation.
    This month, we recommit to strengthening our energy security and to
    responsibly using our energy resources so that we can continue on our
    path towards energy independence and dominance.
    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 2018 as
    National Energy Awareness Month.

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    IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this twenty-eighth day
    of September, in the year of our Lord two thousand eighteen, and of the
    Independence of the United States of America the two hundred and forty-
    third.
    DONALD J. TRUMP