A pro-energy watchdog group is urging Congress to investigate whether several major climate-related executive orders issued during Joe Biden’s tenure were signed without his knowledge, possibly using an autopen.
Power the Future, an organization advocating for American energy jobs, reviewed eight significant executive orders—such as Arctic and offshore drilling bans and a commitment to net-zero federal emissions by 2050—and found no public statements from Biden acknowledging them. This absence raises concerns that the orders may have been executed without his direct approval.
In letters sent to the Department of Justice, Environmental Protection Agency, Department of the Interior, Department of Energy, and congressional oversight committees, the group called for an investigation to determine who drafted and signed these orders. They emphasized the need to ascertain whether the actions were taken with the president’s knowledge or directed by a small group of advisors.
“What the Biden administration was doing — and let’s be honest, it wasn’t really Biden — Elizabeth Warren controlled the autopen during that administration,” White House artificial intelligence and crypto advisor David Sacks claimed Tuesday night on Fox News. Sacks later clarified to the New York Post that he was referring specifically to crypto-related policy decisions and highlighted Warren’s influence, including her ties to former SEC Chair Gary Gensler, a vocal critic of decentralized digital currencies. The remarks have fueled broader questions about who else may have been steering the pen on key regulatory actions, including those coming out of the EPA.
