Economists and analysts aren’t convinced that an expansion of oil and gas production will lower consumer prices.

U.S. President Donald Trump’s declaration of a national energy emergency to boost drilling and speed up pipeline construction should withstand court challenges but will not allow oil and gas producers to skirt all environmental laws,

And even if there was, increasing fossil fuels is not the solution. President Donald Trump declared a national energy emergency as part of a wave of executive actions on his first day in office. The order cited high energy prices as a reason the country needed to boost oil and gas production.