Trump Admin Launches Major Attack on Environmental Regulations
In a set of two recent executive orders, President Donald Trump began an effort to end a wide variety of environmental regulations. The executive orders enact a new set of legally questionable requirements that would make all environmental regulations related to energy production automatically sunset after one year, unless otherwise extended by Congress. Legal experts have noted the move is unlikely to hold up when challenged in court, but it could create significant chaos as the impact of these executive orders gets resolved.
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