The Interior Department has moved to allow energy companies easier access to public land for oil and gas production. The change involves rescinding a Biden-era rule that promoted wind and solar energy development over all other energy sources.

A department release indicated that the change would “eliminate rate reductions that biased renewable energy development over other energy sources.”

Interior Secretary Doug Burgum said the change aligns with the energy executive order issued by President Donald Trump within hours of Trump’s inauguration in January. Trump declared that America has huge energy reserves, but “burdensome and ideologically motivated regulations have impeded the development of these resources.”

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