Energy Industry Fears White House Will Declare COVID-Like 'Climate Emergency'

Authored by Jack Phillips via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours),

Some energy industry groups are expressing concern that the White House will declare a COVID-19-like emergency—but for the climate instead.

"They're leaning to that direction," U.S. Oil and Gas Association President Tim Stewart told Just the News in an article published on July 30. "If you grant the president's emergency powers to declare a climate emergency, it's just like COVID.”

An emergency declaration on the climate could give the president “vast and unchecked authority to shut down everything from communications to infrastructure," said Mr. Stewart, who has been a critic of the Biden administration.

Infrastructure around water and electricity could be affected by such a decision, he said.

https://telegra.ph/Energy-Industry-Fears-White-House-Will-Declare-COVID-Like-Climate-Emergency-08-01