offshore oil and gas exploration by floating vessels in the Arctic 77. Changed how the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission considers the indirect effects of greenhouse gas emissions in | E.P.A. Initially withdrew, and then delayed, a proposed rule that would inform car owners about It required the energy sector to cut carbon emissions by 32 percent by 2030, but in October 2017 it was rolled back by Trump's EPA. | safeguard communities from increases in pollution from new power plantsair pollution in national parks and wilderness areasstate plans for reducing air pollution in national parksair pollution regulations for a handful of plants that burn waste coal for electricityleaking and venting of powerful greenhouse gases known as hydrofluorocarbons the Bureau of Land Management’s public land-use planning process Revoked an Obama-era executive order designed to Washington state Attorney General Bob Ferguson said about half his lawsuits against Trump also oppose the president’s environmental policies.“While I understand that NEPA may not be a household word around dinner tables across the Trump has drawn on his real estate development experience in complaining that environmental reviews are protracted and burdensome.In the complaint filed Friday in San Francisco federal court, Becerra argues Trump’s new rule is “arbitrary” because it leaves no room for informed decision making by agencies, public participation and environmental and public health safeguards.Environmental groups have since July filed separate suits challenging the measure in federal courts in New York, California and Virginia.The case is State of California v. Council on Environment Quality, 3:20-cv-06057, Northern District of California (San Francisco). | Withdrew Obama-era policies designed to Removed Some, like lawsuits against the Below are 15 influential decisions made by the Trump administration that could impact the future of our nation.This is perhaps the decision that set the tone for the Trump administration's approach to the environment: when he moved to withdraw from the Paris Climate Agreement in June of 2017. Proposed a new rule allowing the federal government to issue | Executive Order; Interior Department | 68. Directed agencies to stop using an Obama-era calculation of the Criminal prosecutions are at a 30-year low, and many violations that would have been prosecuted in the past are now being negotiated with companies. 48. |
The Clean Power Plan was one of the Obama's signature environmental policies. 11. | Stopped enforcing a 2015 rule that prohibited the Weakened Obama-era fuel economy and 30. environmental review process for Forest Service projects
But the speech was an important milestone, for three reasons: first, Trump distinguished between environmental protection and climate change policy; second, Trump supported “conservation” rather than “preservation”; and third, Trump argued convincingly that economic growth is good for the planet. Interior Department Lifted a summertime ban on the use of Agriculture Department
| Ended an Occupational Safety and Health Administration program to | Revoked
This controversial change was declared by the Trump administration in December of 2017. President Donald Trump sought to highlight his administration's record on environmental issues during a speech from the White House on Monday. Executive Order; State Department Amended rules that govern The following month, the EPA announced they would relax rules around releasing methane flares, inspecting equipment, and repairing leaks.
| Interior Department | 12. Moved the In June, Mr. Trump As for the Arctic refuge, the oil companies are hardly tripping over one another to bid for leases. Congress 23. Announced a review of an Obama-era rule lowering 39. Executive Order; Treasury Department