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Restoring Environmental Rules Rolled Back by Trump Could Take Years President Biden has promised to reinstate more than 100 rules and regulations aimed at environmental protection that his predecessor rolled back. It won’t happen overnight. President Biden signed his first executive orders in the Oval Office on Wednesday. Credit...Doug Mills/The New York Times Published Jan. 22, 2021Updated Jan. 27, 2021 WASHINGTON — President Biden, vowing to restore environmental protections frayed over the past four years, has ordered the review of more than 100 rules and regulations on air, water, pu...

Source: Scott Olson/Getty Images News via Getty Images The Trump administration did not offer comment to the U.S. Supreme Court about a bid by certain coal-producing states to reject the legitimacy of Washington state standing in the way of a coal export terminal, leaving an opportunity for a Biden administration-controlled U.S. Justice Department to give an opinion instead. After the state of Washington denied a water quality permit for the terminal proposed by Millennium Bulk Terminals-Longview LLC Wyoming and Montana filed a petition to the U.S. Supreme Court aimed at rejecting Washington'...

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Blog Blog PODCAST Blog 19 Jan, 2021 Author Molly ChristianEsther Whieldon U.S. President-elect Joe Biden is expected to move quickly to execute his energy and climate change agenda during his first 100 days in office, both through executive action and the launch or rollback of agency rulemakings. The incoming president will also work closely with the Democrat-controlled U.S. Congress on climate policy as lawmakers draft further legislation to respond to the coronavirus pandemic. The administration of President-elect Joe Biden and Vice President-elec...

Published: Wednesday, January 20, 2021 Ameren Missouri's Sioux coal-fired power plant. Photo credit: Paul Sableman/Flickr Trump EPA foes have hailed the "rebirth" of Clean Air Act climate protections after a federal appeals court struck down the agency's Affordable Clean Energy rule, which would have relaxed regulations on power plants' greenhouse gas emissions. Ameren Missouri's Sioux coal-fired power plant is shown. Paul Sableman/Flickr Opponents of President Trump's climate rule rollbacks rejoiced yesterday after a federal appeals court gave the Biden administration a clean slate to craft ...