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A coalition of veteran Republican officials, including former Secretary of State James A. Baker, met Wednesday with White House officials to advocate for a national carbon tax to address climate change.

Following a boost from the Trump administration, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (Corps) on Tuesday returned to its original assessment and granted an easement to the backers of the controversial $3.8 billion, 1,200-mile Dakota Access Pipeline (DAPL) for its final leg, a water crossing in south-central North Dakota.

Expanding domestic natural gas, oil and coal production, combined with relaxing Obama energy oversight, likely will send commodity prices lower through 2018 if President Trump is able to keep his pledge to “unleash an energy revolution,” according to analysts.

President Trump on Friday signed a pair of directives meant to begin rolling back provisions of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, which was adopted by the Obama administration in the wake of the 2008 financial crisis.

Based on a supportive memo from the Trump administration last month, the Dakota Access Pipeline (DAPL) is expected to receive an easement from the U.S. Corps of Engineers (USACE) needed to complete the $3.8 billion, 1,200-mile oil transportation project.

Former ExxonMobil Corp. Chairman Rex W. Tillerson was approved by the Senate on Wednesday to lead the State Department, becoming President Trump’s top global diplomat.

Cheryl LaFleur, Acting Chairman of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission and her two fellow commissioners on the ostensibly five-member commission are “very focused on the next week and trying to get as much work done [as possible] while we have a quorum,” she said during a podcast released Monday.

After signaling its support for the controversial Keystone XL and Dakota Access pipelines, the Trump administration may be looking to fast track the Atlantic Coast Pipeline (ACP) as well.

President Trump signed two presidential memorandums Tuesday to advance construction of the controversial Keystone XL (KXL) and Dakota Access (DAPL) oil pipelines, projects that had been thwarted or delayed by the Obama administration.