Donald Trump's recent executive orders focusing on energy production and non-fuel mineral development could have significant implications for Pennsylvania. While the impact on fracking in the state might be limited, the abundance of rare earth elements presents a unique opportunity. This article explores how Pennsylvania's resources could contribute to Trump's energy goals and the potential economic and environmental consequences.
Donald Trump wants the U.S. to become the 'leading' producer of non-fuel minerals . One expert said the state's abundance of rare earth elements could prove more important than an expansion of fracking. Trump signed several executive orders last week that will likely have profound effects on energy and the environment.
This includes, but is not limited to: streamlining the process and removing regulations for energy production and use, including mining and processing of non-fuel minerals; rolling back energy efficiency standards; declaring an energy emergency; ending leasing to wind farms; and pulling out of the Paris Agreement, a treaty on climate change. Here's what Pennsylvania's role in energy policy could look like. The Trump administration is focused on increasing drilling in the U.S. But those federal policies will likely have little impact on Pennsylvania, said John Quigley, senior fellow at The Allegheny Institute. The Allegheny National Forest makes up most of the federally owned land in Pennsylvania, but the federal government does not own mineral rights on 93% of that land, said Quigley, Pennsylvania's secretary of conservation under Democratic Gov. Ed Rendell and secretary of environmental protection under Democratic Gov. Tom Wolf. He said that Trump plans to identify and produce energy on lands, whether or not they're federally owned. Former President Joe Biden's administration pushed for renewable energy, but it never promoted a fracking ban, Pennsylvania is “looking at higher energy prices because of a ‘drill, baby, drill’ type approach, and that’s the irony. We’re going to face higher costs again, for consumers, businesses, industries,” which could affect employment, gross domestic product, and the environment, Quigley said. When asked about Trump’s plans for fracking in Pennsylvania, a White House spokesperson said in a statement: “President Trump declared a national energy emergency and issued several energy executive orders to immediately begin reversing the harmful and shortsighted policies of the previous administration, which have resulted in inadequate energy supply and infrastructure, and ultimately higher energy prices for Americans.”While Trump might not be able to expand fracking in the state, the White House could set its sights on one of Pennsylvania’s other natural offerings. The executive orders outline the Trump administration’s ambitions to assert its dominance in the development of non-fuel minerals. The White House says this goal “will create jobs and prosperity at home, strengthen supply chains for the United States and its allies, and reduce the global influence of malign and adversarial states.”. And materials — like coal waste or steel slag, for example — can be found throughout the state, including in Western Pennsylvania and in Luzerne and If the United States develops technology to “economically extract” the rare earth elements, it could open opportunities for new jobs and businesses in Pennsylvania while cleaning up polluted areas where these elements exist, like abandoned mines, Quigley said. The use of rare earth elements for energy production is likely to be a bipartisan issue, Quigley said. In February 2024, the U.S. Department of Energy under the Biden administratio
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