The rollback of the Obama-era rule designed to reduce climate-warming methane emissions that former President Trump ordered in 2020 is a candidate for revocation under an Executive Order issued January 20 by President Biden. The President’s “Executive Order on Protecting Public Health and the Environment and Restoring Science to Tackle the Climate Crisis” directs the head of the Environmental Protection Agency to “consider suspending,
EPA completes rollback of Obama methane rule
- – E&E News – 8-13-20
Mammoth Solar Power Plant Drives Another Nail Into US Coal Coffin: Guess Who’s Holding The Hammer
- – CleanTechnica – 5/12/20
Trump Removes Pollution Controls on Streams and Wetlands
- – The New York Times – 1/22/20
New Study: Environment Agencies’ Staff, Budget Cuts Endanger Public Health
A new analysis released December 5 by the Environmental Integrity Project, a watchdog group, concluded that over the past decade, 40 states reduced the workforce of their environmental agencies and 30 states cut their pollution control agency’s budget.
Texas judge won’t toss Obama-era WOTUS
- – E&E News – 11/7/19
E.P.A. Finalizes Its Plan to Replace Obama-Era Climate Rules
- – The New York Times – 6/19/19
Chatterjee blasts Clean Power Plan, praises EPA replacement in filed comments
- – Utility Dive – 11/5/18
Federal judge blocks Keystone XL pipeline, saying Trump administration review ignored ‘inconvenient’ climate change facts
- – The Washington Post – 11/9/18
Pentagon removes numerous climate change references from Obama-era report
- – The Hill – 5/10/18