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UPDATED: The Trump Administration Is Reversing Nearly 100 Environmental Rules. Here’s the Full List.

While other administrations have emphasized cutting regulations, calling them burdensome to industries like coal, oil and gas, the scope of actions under Mr. Trump is “fundamentally different,” said Hana V. Vizcarra, a staff attorney at Harvard Law School’s Environmental and Energy Law Program.

October 19, 2020

In the Media

EPA chief criticizes Democratic governors, vows to concentrate on cleaning up vulnerable communities in a second Trump term

According to the regulatory rollback tracker by the Harvard Law School Environmental and Energy Law Program, the EPA has eliminated or repealed 19 existing rules, though most of these are being challenged in court. The changes affect a slew of policies, from which waterways the federal government must safeguard from pollution to the sort of toxic waste power plants can discharge.

September 4, 2020

In the Media

EPA plans to ease air permit rules for new, upgraded facilities

Many of the changes are being made using non-binding guidance documents instead of through a rulemaking process, Janet
McCabe, head of the EPA’s air office during the Obama administration, said in an October report released by Harvard Law
School’s Environmental and Energy Law Program.

July 27, 2020

In the Media

UPDATED: The Trump Administration Is Reversing Nearly 100 Environmental Rules. Here’s the Full List.

With elections looming, the administration has sought to wrap up some of its biggest regulatory priorities quickly, said Hana V. Vizcarra, a staff attorney at Harvard Law School’s Environmental and Energy Law Program. Further delays could leave the new rules vulnerable to reversal under the Congressional Review Act if Democrats are able to retake Congress and the White House in November, she said.

May 11, 2020

In the Media

We can’t let Trump roll back 50 years of environmental progress

The Trump EPA has repealed or weakened almost 100 environmental regulations, even when affected industries have not objected to the rules. The number and speed of these repeals puts us in uncharted territory. Critical public health and worker protections are being rolled back solely to maximize corporate profits.

April 27, 2020

In the Media

95 Environmental Rules Being Rolled Back Under Trump

The Trump administration has often used a “one-two punch” when rolling back environmental rules, said Caitlin McCoy, a fellow in the Environmental and Energy Law Program at Harvard Law School who tracks regulatory rollbacks. “First a delay rule to buy some time, and then a final substantive rule.”

January 23, 2020

In the Media

Trump is rolling back over 80 environmental regulations. Here are five big changes you might have missed in 2019

The administration has targeted about 85 environmental rules, according to Harvard Law School’s rollback tracker.

January 6, 2020

In the Media

Opinion: Trump’s bad faith auto emissions mandate is another example of presidential power run amok

According to a report by Harvard Law School’s Energy and Environmental Law Program: “Two federal district courts have held, for separate reasons, that the Energy Policy and Conservation Act does not preempt California’s pollution standards, and that fuel economy standards can coexist with pollution standards. In addition, the Supreme Court has held that pollution standards and fuel economy standards are legally distinct and aimed at fulfilling different congressional purposes, noting … there is no reason to think the two agencies cannot both administer their obligations and yet avoid inconsistency.”

September 24, 2019

In the Media

85 Environmental Rules Being Rolled Back Under Trump

An update in this NYT article in which our research (specifically the Regulatory Rollback Tracker) is heavily featured.

September 17, 2019