EPA Announces Historic Deregulation

On March 12, 2025, the Environmental Protection Agency ("EPA") issued a flurry of press releases announcing its plan to rollback dozens of Biden-era, as well as earlier, environmental regulations. This historic move is part of the EPA's "Powering the Great American Comeback" Initiative.

EPA is planning a comprehensive reconsideration of its prior actions related to, among other things, climate change, including the following:

• The 2009 Endangerment Finding, which has been the basis for various environmental regulations, including vehicle emissions of greenhouse gases;
• The Biden administration's Clean Power Plan 2.0, aimed at regulating power plants;
• The Biden administration's "Good Neighbor Plan," which addresses the interstate transfer of air pollution;