President Donald Trump has signed an order aimed at protecting the shale oil and gas industry, he said in a tweet. “Just signed an order to protect fracking and the oil and gas industry. This means JOBS, low energy bills, and continued AMERICAN ENERGY INDEPENDENCE! Sleepy Joe would BAN fracking and destroy American energy jobs! He has NO clue!!” Trump tweeted on Sunday. The president referred to a memorandum from Saturday, titled “Memorandum on Protecting Jobs, Economic Opportunities, and National Security for All Americans,” in which he mandates the Secretary of Energy to prepare a report on “the economic impacts of prohibiting, or sharply restricting, the use of hydraulic fracturing and other technologies.” Among these potential impacts, the memorandum lists any job losses, benefits, and economic opportunities “by Americans who work in or are indirectly benefited by the energy industry and other industries (including mining for sand and other […]