"Tracking Biden’s Environmental Actions" [1]
The Washington Post has launched a tracker to count the Biden rollbacks of the Trump rollbacks.
The Washington Post has launched a tracker to count the Biden rollbacks of the Trump rollbacks.
"U.S. President Joe Biden will announce a second round of executive orders focused on combating climate change early next week as he rushes to reverse Trump-era environmental rollbacks, according to a memo seen by Reuters."
"President Joe Biden has installed Obama-era labor official Sharon Block as interim political leader of the White House regulatory review office—an agency she’s recently said needs a worker-oriented overhaul—multiple sources briefed on the appointment told Bloomberg Law."
"The Biden administration announced Thursday a 60-day suspension of new oil and gas leasing and drilling permits for U.S. lands and waters, as officials moved quickly to reverse Trump administration policies on energy and the environment."
"President Biden last night signaled he would take a bold approach to federal regulations — giving some hope to the progressive wing of his party."
"President Biden took swift action to deliver on his promise to embrace green energy hours after he was sworn into office yesterday, mandating a review of regulatory rollbacks that were part of the Trump administration's efforts to boost the fossil fuel industry."
"President Joe Biden‘s most potent weapon for making climate change a priority for companies and federal officials may already be in his arsenal as chief executive: the country’s roughly $600 billion annual procurement budget."
"Fifteen states and two cities sued the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) on Tuesday for declining to tighten air quality standards for ozone pollution, the main ingredient in smog."
"Donald Trump pushed through controversial oil leases in Alaska’s Arctic National Wildlife Refuge as one of his last acts as president—but legal observers say the chance that oil development actually proceeds there is slim."
"Senate leaders negotiating a power-sharing agreement to govern the evenly split chamber in the 117th Congress are at odds over the filibuster, as the impeachment trial for President Trump continues to hang over President-elect Joe Biden's early agenda."
Links
[1] https://www.sej.org/headlines/tracking-biden-s-environmental-actions
[2] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/environmental-politics
[3] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/government
[4] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/laws
[5] https://www.sej.org/taxonomy/term/81
[6] https://www.sej.org/category/region/national
[7] https://www.washingtonpost.com/graphics/2021/climate-environment/biden-climate-environment-actions/
[8] https://www.sej.org/headlines/biden-readies-second-batch-climate-orders-next-week-memo
[9] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/climate-change
[10] https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-biden-climate/biden-readies-second-batch-of-climate-orders-for-next-week-memo-idUSKBN29Q2JZ
[11] https://www.sej.org/headlines/sharon-block-union-ally-named-white-house-regulatory-post
[12] https://bnanews.bna.com/environment-and-energy/sharon-block-union-ally-named-to-white-house-regulatory-post
[13] https://www.sej.org/headlines/biden-halts-oil-and-gas-leases-permits-us-land-and-water
[14] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/energy
[15] https://apnews.com/article/joe-biden-billings-a3a37acf2fce55449b704b01badc1f67
[16] https://www.sej.org/headlines/biden-signals-new-direction-regulations
[17] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/environmental-health
[18] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/environmental-justice
[19] https://www.eenews.net/stories/1063723163
[20] https://www.sej.org/headlines/bidens-first-100-days-whats-coming-energy
[21] https://www.eenews.net/stories/1063723117
[22] https://www.sej.org/headlines/path-biden-s-green-buying-pledge-runs-through-obama-policies
[23] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/business
[24] https://bnanews.bna.com/environment-and-energy/path-to-bidens-green-buying-pledge-runs-through-obama-policies
[25] https://www.sej.org/headlines/15-states-sue-epa-over-decision-not-tighten-pollution-standard-smog
[26] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/air
[27] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/pollution
[28] https://thehill.com/policy/energy-environment/534899-15-states-sue-epa-over-decision-not-to-tighten-air-pollution
[29] https://www.sej.org/headlines/grim-prospects-drilling-arctic-leases-despite-trump-push
[30] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/land
[31] https://www.sej.org/category/region/national/alaska-and-hawaii
[32] https://bnanews.bna.com/environment-and-energy/grim-prospects-for-drilling-on-arctic-leases-despite-trump-push
[33] https://www.sej.org/headlines/senate-power-sharing-talks-hits-filibuster-snag
[34] https://www.eenews.net/stories/1063722927
[35] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/laws?page=323
[36] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/laws?page=320
[37] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/laws?page=321
[38] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/laws?page=322
[39] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/laws?page=325
[40] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/laws?page=326
[41] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/laws?page=327
[42] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/laws?page=328
[43] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/laws?page=966