The Trump administration’s environmental agencies laid out plans Friday to peel back climate and environment protections in an effort to deliver an agenda focused on fossil fuel energy development.
The release of the semi-annual regulatory agenda revealed the planned rules for President Donald Trump’s second term for the Environmental Protection Agency, Interior and Energy departments, and more.
Since his first day in office, Trump has promised sweeping actions to “unleash American energy,” drive the domestic economy by easing environmental permitting for a range of projects, and shift dramatically from the prior administration’s focus on climate change and environmental justice. …