Laws & Regulations

"EPA: Obama's 'Dream Team' To Smooth Biden's Transition"

"Some of the highest-profile EPA officials of the Obama administration are regrouping as members of President-elect Joe Biden's EPA transition team. The 12 members include several former officials who helped craft the agency's most consequential regulations dealing with air, climate and water — most of which have been rolled back by the Trump administration."

Source: E&E News, 11/13/2020

"Biden SEC Likely to Push More Climate, Diversity Disclosures"

"The SEC will have the power, under Democratic control, to mandate corporate disclosures on diversity and climate change risks, police more of Wall Street, and reverse recent efforts to ease capital raising in private markets in the coming years."

Source: Bloomberg Environment, 11/13/2020

"What Will Trump’s Most Profound Legacy Be? Possibly Climate Damage"

"President-elect Joseph R. Biden Jr. will use the next four years to try to restore the environmental policies that his predecessor has methodically blown up, but the damage done by the greenhouse gas pollution unleashed by President Trump’s rollbacks may prove to be one of the most profound legacies of his single term."

Source: NYTimes, 11/12/2020

How Biden Aims To Amp Up The Government’s Fight Against Climate Change

"A new administration would enlist departments like Transportation, Agriculture and Treasury to advance its climate goals"

"President-elect Joe Biden is poised to embed action on climate change across the breadth of the federal government, from the departments of Agriculture to Treasury to State — expanding it beyond environmental agencies to speed U.S. efforts to mitigate global warming and to acknowledge that the problem touches many aspects of American life.

Source: Washington Post, 11/12/2020

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