February 1, 2021, the District of Montana granted the US Environmental Protection Agency’s EPA motion to vacate and remand the final rule on Strengthening Transparency in Pivotal Science Underlying Significant Regulatory Actions and Influential Scientific Information
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A collection of changes made under the Biden Administration that relate to environmental, energy, and resource issues. Members of the ABA Section of Environment, Energy, and Resources (SEER) regularly update this resource, which provides practitioners with the latest updates. Changes are categorized by topic. Topics include: environment (general updates), air quality/climate, chemicals and contamination, energy, natural resources, and water. Share:
The DOI applauds and stands poised to administer historical levels of relief pursuant to the American Rescue Plan (ARP) legislation that was passed on March 11. Under the ARP, DOI will invest unprecedented resources in Tribal communities including: (1) $900 million for the Bureau of Indian Affairs, which will include direct aid payments to Tribal governments and funding to address concerns related to housing and potable water, and (2) $850 million for the Bureau of Indian Education, which will benefi
Meme Misleads on Early Actions by Biden
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A meme purports to list actions taken by President Joe Biden in his “first 48 hours” in office but most of the points are misleading or wrong. For example, the purported tax changes are proposals some of which need additional context and would require legislation before they can be implemented.
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It’s true that President Joe Biden has had a busy first two weeks in office signing a flurry of executive orders, a move that has prompted somecriticism.
But a meme shared on Instagram and Facebook distorts the facts about Biden’s early actions, claiming to show a list of his work during his “first 48 hours.” It further instructs social media users to “brace yourselves for what’s coming!!”
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As expected, President Biden’s first days in office were marked by a number of executive orders and other actions aimed at unwinding Trump-era environmental policies. For example, President Biden rejoined the Paris Agreement, revoked the Keystone XL oil pipeline’s federal permit and called for an immediate review of agency actions taken during the Trump administration. (See Biden’s Jan. 20, 2021, Executive Order No. 13990, 86 Fed. Reg. 7037, Executive Order on Protecting Public Health and the Environment and Restoring Science to Tackle the Climate Crisis.)
President Biden also ordered the secretary of the Department of the Interior to place a temporary moratorium on all activities relating to oil and gas leases on federal lands and waters. President Biden did so in light of alleged legal deficiencies underlying the Coastal Plain Oil and Gas Leasing Program, including the inadequacy of the environmental review requir
Pres. Biden has signed 42 executive actions since his inauguration CNNWire
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President Joe Biden hasn t wasted any time setting his agenda into motion through a flurry of executive actions that address everything from COVID-19 to the climate crisis.
While his administration continues the plodding work of coordinating with Congress on more ambitious policy goals, Biden has inked 42 executive actions thus far. See them all here organized by topic.
Health care Executive Order on Strengthening Medicaid and the Affordable Care Act. Reopens enrollment on HealthCare.gov from February 15 through May 15, and directs federal agencies to reexamine policies that may reduce or undermine access to the Affordable Care Act.