Deregulatory Resources – Page 4 – Environmental and Energy Law Program

Quick Takes

Trump Administration Issues Deregulatory Order Undermining Agency Decision Making

As OMB looks to revoke the 2023 guidance, it will be important to watch what steps are taken and the justification and peer review process of reverting to the 2003 guidance.

February 11, 2025

Quick Takes

Quick Take: Iowa v. CEQ and the Future of NEPA

Summary of the recent district court decision that CEQ lacks rulemaking authority under the National Environmental Policy Act.

February 7, 2025

Legal Analysis

Crisis at DOJ’s Environment & Natural Resources Division

Sommer Engels, Andrew Mergen, and Justin Pidot write in LegalPlanet that dismantling ENRD will be disastrous for future administrations, the American people, and even for the Trump administration.

February 4, 2025

Legal Analysis

The President Targets EPA’s Authority to Address Climate Change — Will He Succeed?

Jody Freeman and Carrie Jenks on the future of the endangerment finding.

January 29, 2025

Explainer

Trump’s Environmental and Energy Executive Orders: Initial Insights and What We’re Watching

Most of the actions directed by the energy executive orders do not have immediate effects but instead instruct federal agencies to take steps to implement them.

January 27, 2025

Explainer

Executive and Congressional Control Mechanisms over IRA and IIJA Funding

A look at competitive grant and tax programs and how the federal government loses authority to take back grant funds for policy reasons as money moves from Congress to the agency and on to the award winners.

January 17, 2025

Explainer

A Step-by-Step Guide to Agency Rulemaking and Rule Rollbacks

The specific steps agencies must take to promulgate, alter, or repeal regulations, and the exemptions provided in statute that agencies can use in certain circumstances.

January 17, 2025

Explainer

Is the Agency Following the APA?

A step-by-step guide to rulemaking and rollbacks.

January 17, 2025

Legal Analysis

Trump I EPA Mission Tracker

February 8, 2018