Trump Aims to Rescind a Half-Century of Environmental Rules
Carter’s order gave the Council on Environmental Quality, a branch of the White House, the authority to issue binding ...
White House environmental office lacks rulemaking authority, judge rules
A federal judge in North Dakota threw out a Biden administration rule governing the U.S. environmental review process for ...
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Trump rescinded a half-century of environmental rules. Here’s what that could mean.
Environmental groups soon realized that they ... but informed by prior court rulings, as well as CEQ’s rules. Trump’s EO revokes the 1977 order giving CEQ authority to issue these regulations ...
Federal judge axes environmental rule challenged by SC and other GOP-led states
A North Dakota federal judge on Monday delivered the latest blow to the federal Council on Environmental Quality, finding ...
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'Exciting chapter': Interior Sec takes aim at Biden oil lease ban, 'coercive' climate policies in Day 1 orders
President Donald Trump's administration is taking aim at various Biden-era environmental rules and regulations by stripping the energy sector of "coercive" climate policies and oil lease bans ...
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Will Trump Roll Back an Anti-Cancer Environmental Rule?
Last month, the EPA issued a rule to step up monitoring and limit worker exposure to ethylene oxide, a cancer-causing molecule. But in his first term, Trump rolled back dozens of environmental rules, ...
Smelt test: Trump order overrides California's fish-protecting rules to maximize water supply
President Donald Trump issued an executive order to allow federal agencies to override state policies to maximize water amid ...
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Texas Railroad Commission’s New Environmental Rules: A Step Toward Sustainability or Business as Usual?
Now, four decades later, the RRC is revisiting these rules to better align them with modern industry practices and rising demands for stronger environmental protections. Oil and gas extraction ...