During the energy crises of the 1970s, a number of states declared local or regional emergencies according to the precedent set by President Jimmy Carter. It is possible that President Donald Trump's announcement of a "national emergency in the energy sector" on his first day in office – which he reiterated in his last speech before Congress – appeared somewhat redundant alongside other national emergency situations, such as those declared by presidents after the September 11 attacks in 2001 and for combating the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020.
"Previously, there was no national emergency in the energy sector," it is noted. "These measures led to the establishment of certain ecological norms, such as restrictions on emissions of pollutants in the atmosphere from fossil fuel power plants, in a very short time, to ensure."
