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To embed, copy and paste the code into your website or blog: On January 20, 2021, President Joseph Biden issued Executive Order No. 13990 (“Executive Order”), which, among other things, suspended Executive Order 13920, “Securing the United States Bulk-Power System” (“Executive Order 13920”) until April 20, 2021 and directed all executive departments and agencies to review and take action to address all actions taken during former-President Donald Trump’s tenure in office that conf...

SEER Administration Tracker 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 applau...

To embed, copy and paste the code into your website or blog: Shortly after inauguration, President Joseph R. Biden signed an Executive Order (EO) entitled “Protecting Public Health and the Environment and Restoring Science to Tackle the Climate Crisis.” This sweeping Executive Order instructs several agencies—including the Department of Energy (DOE), the Department of the Interior (DOI) and the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)—to conduct a major review of the previous administratio...

Biden Orders Immediate Confrontation of Climate Crisis On Jan. 20, President Joe Biden signed an executive order entitled, “Protecting Public Health and the Environment and Restoring Science to Tackle the Climate Crisis.” It establishes the Biden administration’s commitment to immediately work to confront both the causes and impacts of climate change by implementing policy guided by science. The order rolls back many actions taken by the Trump administration to loosen environmental standa...

1209 views As a favor to the community Im posting President Bidens order to agencies to undertake a review of Trump era environmental regulations. Yesterday was also an important day for Mother Nature and the nation. The US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit unanimously tossed the Trump administrations replacement for Obamas Clean Power Plan (CPP) back to EPA. The Agency will now be coming out with some version of the CPP.  Look for my continuing comments on these and other ...

To embed, copy and paste the code into your website or blog: The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has adopted the first-ever Clean Air Act (CAA) aircraft emission standards for greenhouse gases (GHGs), assuring the worldwide acceptance of U.S. manufactured airplanes and airplane engines. The final rule, “Control of Air Pollution from Airplanes and Airplane Engines: GHG Emission Standards and Test Procedures,” flows from the agency’s 2016 twin findings that: (1) GHG emissions from the...

Who is afraid of, you know, going under water, im not a diver, im afraid of pressure, but im just stunned by this and the fact you would take these risks. there is a lot of rick in this. >> i think risk is relative. you know, part of it being a seven-year project is that we had to develop the technology. we had to prove it. everything was pressure-tested ahead of time. but, you know, there certainly is that moment youre closing the hatch and thinking, theres a lot of things that can go wrong her...

u.s. ship. and they didnt respond to signals or voices. theyre threatening to close the strait of hormuz. its a choke point, and as american officials have been warning privately and publicly, a serious flash point. >> what about if they decide to block us off at the straits of hormuz. >> we have made it clear that the united states will not tolerate the blocking of the straits of hormuz. we will respond to that. >> the question tonight is, what will iran do next? what happens then? wh...

threatening to close the strait as global pressure grows over its nuclear program. 17 million barrels of oil flow through the strait every day. its a choke point. as american officials have been warning privately and publicly, it is also a serious flash point. >> what about if they decide to block us off at the straits of hormuz? >> we made very clear that the united states will not tolerate blocking of the straits of hormuz. thats another red line for us and that we will respond to th...

strait of hormuz. its a choke point, and as american officials have been warning privately and publicly, a serious flash point. >> what about if they decide to block us off at the straits of hormuz. >> we have made it clear that the united states will not tolerate the blocking of the straits of hormuz. we will respond to that. >> the question tonight is, what will iran do next? what happens then? whats being done right now to head it off. barbara starr is here, and on the phone, curt l...