EPA Announces 31 Actions In "Most Consequential Day Of Deregulation In History"

On March 12, EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin announced the agency will be undertaking a series of 31 significant actions to roll back environmental regulations related to climate change, the energy industry, and electric vehicles.¹ Under the Trump administration, EPA's focus has shifted to decreasing the economic burden of environmental regulations on American consumers and businesses, such as the energy and auto industries. Specifically, the EPA's series of actions seek to accomplish three objectives, consistent with the executive orders that President Trump issued in his first weeks in office:

• (1) "Unleashing American Energy"
  • To accomplish this objective, the EPA will, among other things:
    • Reconsider various regulations that apply to fossil fuel-fired power plants, oil and gas facilities, and refineries, including notably, the Biden administration's greenhouse gas regulation for power plants.