    [United States Statutes at Large, Volume 134, 116th Congress, 2nd Session]
    [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

    Proclamation 10089 of September 30, 2020
    National Energy Awareness Month, 2020
    By the President of the United States of America
    A Proclamation
    From coast to coast, our country is blessed with an abundance of natural
    resources that help power our homes, light our cities, and provide us
    transport to school and work. However, for too long, we failed to reap
    their full benefits, nor did we properly steward these God-given gifts.
    My Administration reversed that trend, and today, I am proud to proclaim
    that the United States is finally energy independent. During

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    National Energy Awareness Month, we recognize the newly restored,
    preeminent importance of our Nation's energy industry to the comfort of
    our daily lives and to our national security.
    Since the beginning of my Administration, I have taken action to reduce
    the regulatory burden on the American energy sector. The last
    administration had stifled this industry with one costly job-killing
    regulation after another. For decades, special interest groups,
    bureaucrats, and radical environmental activists stymied the
    maintenance, repair, growth, and expansion of our Nation's energy
    infrastructure, preventing us from achieving energy independence. My
    Administration has ended all that and is promoting stronger production
    of crude oil and other liquids and empowering the private sector to
    explore and drill for oil and gas. We are also eliminating regulatory
    obstacles to building the major energy infrastructure needed to
    transport our Nation's energy from the source of production to end users
    and exporters. We have issued timely approvals for the Keystone XL,
    Dakota Access and Mountain Valley Pipelines, and addressed the obstacles
    to exporting coal through West Coast ports. As a result of these
    policies, our country is a net energy exporter for the first time since
    1952 and is now the number one producer of oil and natural gas in the
    world.
    Under my Administration, we are no longer beholden to foreign powers or
    domestic radicals. We are powering our Nation on our own terms.
    My Administration's commitment to promoting robust energy development
    has proven that energy production can go hand in hand with responsible
    stewardship of our natural environment. America's energy independence is
    critical to environmental stewardship. While boosting energy production,
    the United States still continues to be a world leader in clean air,
    including in the reduction of energy-related CO2 emissions.
    Emissions of common air pollutants have dropped by 77 percent over the
    last 50 years, including a 7 percent reduction under my Administration.
    By empowering our domestic energy industry and its workers, my
    Administration has made American innovation--rather than foreign
    influence--the cornerstone of our clean energy policy. Due to these
    efforts, we remain the world's top producer of nuclear power and
    recently became the second largest generator of solar power. Allowing
    American companies to chart their own paths to dependable renewable
    energy sources, rather than forcing them to adhere to top-down
    government programs, has enabled us to lead the world in emissions
    reductions.
    To continue our progress, I proudly signed the Great American Outdoors
    Act, which will direct royalties from energy production on Federal lands
    and waters toward conserving and repairing our national parks, forests,
    refuges, public lands, and tribal schools. As a result, the energy
    industry will play a crucial role in our sustainability and conservation
    efforts going forward.
    This month, we recommit to supporting our Nation's workers who produce,
    transport, and refine our energy. We recognize the vital role they play
    in creating opportunities, developing technologies, and advancing our
    country toward an even more prosperous future. My Administration will
    always support these hardworking men and women, and together, we will
    sustain our energy dominance and independence for years to come.

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    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 2020 as
    National Energy Awareness Month.
    IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this thirtieth day of
    September, in the year of our Lord two thousand twenty, and of the
    Independence of the United States of America the two hundred and forty-
    fifth.
    DONALD J. TRUMP