Analyses of Trump Environmental Regulatory Actions This is an archive of our work analyzing environmental rollback actions of the Trump administration. This list does not reflect the additional analysis available in our EPA Mission Tracker (which […] February 22, 2021
Deconstructing Environmental Deregulation Under the Trump Administration Over the past four years, EELP has tracked the Trump administration’s environmental rollback efforts, analyzing both individual regulations and broader attacks on EPA’s mission-critical capacities, while also highlighting the lawsuits […] January 13, 2021
New Cost-Benefit Rule Hampers EPA’s Ability to Regulate Harmful Air Pollutants This analysis is a paraphrased excerpt from my article Deconstructing Environmental Deregulation under the Trump Administration, published in the Spring 2021 Vermont Law Review. A crucial tool in the […] January 12, 2021
Forest Service Proposal Deemphasizes Environmental Concerns to Streamline Oil and Gas Leasing Process On September 1, 2020, the U.S. Forest Service (USFS) released a proposed rule changing the oil and gas leasing standards and procedures on National Forest System (NFS) lands (found at […] November 3, 2020
CleanLaw Podcast CleanLaw: Department of the Interior under the Trump Administration What’s happened to the Department of the Interior during the Trump administration? In this episode former EELP Fellow Laura Bloomer discusses her new white paper in which she led a […] October 15, 2020
Defending Science and Collaborative Conservation: Sage-Grouse and Western Watersheds Project v. Schneider (D. Idaho 2019) This post is an adaptation of Peter’s case comment to be published in the forthcoming Harvard Environmental Law Review Volume 44, Number 2. Click here to download full text as […] April 30, 2020
How to Undo the Environmental Regulatory Rollbacks How can a new administration reinstate and strengthen the environmental regulations that the Trump administration has rolled back? It depends. Each rule has a different timeline, legal justification, and litigation […] April 23, 2020
Explainer Backgrounder: Appropriate & Necessary Finding – Mercury & Air Toxics (MATS) EPA is likely to soon issue a final rule withdrawing the “appropriate and necessary” finding that underpins the Mercury and Air Toxic Standards (MATS). EPA likely will leave MATS in […] April 16, 2020
Comprehensive Car Rules Rollbacks by Trump Administration–Backgrounder We’ve put together a comprehensive overview of the rollback of the Corporate Average Fuel Economy and vehicle greenhouse gas emissions standards. Recently, the Environmental Protection Agency and National Highway Traffic […] April 6, 2020