Trump administration marks ‘Energy Week’

The Trump administration is designating this week as “Energy Week” in an attempt to promote the president’s energy agenda.

At a handful of events during the week, President Trump and his administration will push their quest for “energy dominance,” a term officials are using for their goal to become the world’s energy superpower.

“President Trump is committed to utilizing our abundant domestic energy resources both to create jobs and a growing, prosperous economy at home and to strengthen America’s global influence and leadership abroad,” a White House spokeswoman said Monday.

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Energy Week is one of numerous designations that the White House has made in recent weeks to try to focus on particular pieces of Trump’s agenda, such as infrastructure and technology.

In each of those weeks, other policy news dominated national headlines, including healthcare reform and the investigations into Russian involvement in last year’s election.

The Energy Week events are likely to focus on Trump’s policies since taking office, which have centered on removing barriers to the use and production of fossil fuels such as oil, natural gas and coal. That has mostly been through repealing regulations from the Obama administration limiting carbon dioxide emissions, regulating mountaintop removal mining, extending the reach of federal water regulations and more.

The highlight of Energy Week will be an event at the Department of Energy’s headquarters Thursday, the White House said.

It will feature Trump, Energy Secretary Rick Perry, Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke and Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Scott Pruitt in an “American Energy Dominance Panel,” followed by a speech by Trump on “energy dominance.”

On Wednesday, Trump will host governors and leaders of American Indian tribes to talk about local and state involvement in energy policy.

Trump will host Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi at the White House on Monday, and the White House said energy will be on the agenda.

Additionally, Perry is scheduled to speak Tuesday about Trump’s policies at the Energy Information Administration’s annual conference.