The U.S. Capitol building in Washington, D.C. Photo: Christine Schiffner/ALM Environmentalists are pressing Congress to restore federal agencies' broad authority to regulate wetlands after it took a beating at the Supreme Court last week—but attorneys say a legislative remedy will be significantly challenging in a divided Congress.
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EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin said regulations limiting greenhouse gas emissions are more harmful to Americans than the greenhouse gases themselves.
A case involving the Consumer Product Safety Commission is the latest example of the Supreme Court policing the ability of lower courts to block or reverse actions by the White House.
Republicans sought to portray NEPA environmental reviews, which seek to engage the public on the environmental impact of development projects, as the main impediment to infrastructure growth on public land.
EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin said the agency would be eliminating its Office of Research and Development and start firing hundreds of biologists, chemists, toxicologists and other scientists who help inform the agency’s decision making.
The Trump administration has taken many steps to speed up oil and gas development on public lands following the president's declaration of a “national energy emergency” upon taking office.
