Chris Wright, the energy secretary, said he would push Europe to loosen environmental rules and buy more gas. Doug Burgum, the interior secretary, tied fossil fuels to a need to win the A.I. race.
Interior Secretary Doug Burgum, left, and Energy Secretary Chris Wright at the White House in March. They are currently in Europe to press U.S. energy interests.
A photograph released by the Mayor of Sochi, Russia, showing firefighters working at a fuel depot outside the city, after a Ukrainian drone attack, this month.