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Deregulation looks to remove fines for companies that harm the environment while repealing rules spanning autos, energy production, and air quality.- It is not clear how long or what the process of undoing these regulations will look like.
- Many of the regulations being re-evaluated are similar to the ones rolled back in the first Trump administration.
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A Reuters article on 12 March reported that the Trump administration's Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) would roll back more than 30 Biden-era regulations aimed to limit emissions from power plants and carsand to minimize aquatic pollution. Measures announced include the decision to change how waterways are defined under the Clean Water Act, loosen emissions standards for heavy- and light-duty vehicles for 2027 vehicles onward, and endeavor to undo the "endangerment finding" that greenhouse gas emissions are a risk to public health.
Did you know?
Did you know?
- The US has about 16% of the total voting power on the World Bank’s International Bank for Reconstruction and Development, followed by Japan, China, Germany, France, and the UK.
- Following the US's previous withdrawal from the Paris Agreement, US electricity generation from coal dropped 22% (excluding pandemic-era generation), according to US Energy Information Agency and Ember data.
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