DOI Issues Secretarial Order on Prioritizing Fossil Fuel Development

On February 3, 2025, the Secretary of the Interior issued Secretarial Order 3418 (Unleashing American Energy) to implement  Executive Order 14154. The order directs agency staff to review and consider suspending, revising, or rescinding a list of regulations and guidance. It also instructs agency staff to review "processes, policies, and programs for issuing grants, loans, contracts, or any other financial disbursements of all appropriated funds from the Inflation Reduction Act . . . for consistency with the policy in section 3" of the order.