Energy industry groups fear the Biden White House is planning to declare a pandemic-like emergency that will grant the president sweeping new powers.

"They're leaning to that direction," U.S. Oil and Gas Association President Tim Stewart told Just the News.

"If you grant the president's emergency powers to declare a climate emergency, it's just like Covid."

A "climate emergency" declaration could give Biden and the Democrats "vast and unchecked authority to shut down everything from communications to infrastructure," warns Stewart.