The president said he’d declare an energy “emergency,” open new land to drilling and end support for electric cars. His pledge to produce more oil and gas comes after the hottest year in recorded history.

Trump’s day-one actions on energy come as climate change-fueled fires ravage Southern California, following the globe’s hottest year on record.

Donald Trump said today he’ll declare a “national energy emergency,” a move meant to speed the development of fossil fuel infrastructure. The actions taken on his first day in office mark the start of President Trump’s attempts to boost oil and gas and retreat from global climate goals.

President-elect Donald Trump’s plans to declare a national energy emergency opens up sweeping new powers for the federal government to slash permitting requirements for energy projects, fast-track power-plant construction and loosen curbs on fossil-fuel exports.

President Donald Trump announced on Monday he would declare a national energy emergency, with the goal of reducing costs for Americans. He said he would end a federal mandate on electric vehicles and the Green New Deal — seemingly in reference to climate policies by former President Joe Biden aimed at reducing fossil fuel consumption — but offered few other details in his speech.