The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is slated to revamp regulations concerning air, water, and chemical pollutants, a move initiated under the Trump administration. The plan involves 31 substantial deregulatory actions targeting various sectors, which are predicted to encounter fierce opposition, including a wave of lawsuits. With a notably depleted workforce, the EPA's ability to enact these changes efficiently is also in question. Highlights of the proposed changes include reconsiderations of regulations on toxic substances and significant cuts to funding aimed at lowering greenhouse gas emissions, raising concerns over the repercussions on environmental protections.
The proposed changes include 31 actions to roll back pollution regulations for power plants, oil and gas refineries, chemical plants, cars and trucks, factories, and more.
This is a cluster bomb of moves to demolish a broad swath of environmental regulations. We'll see if it explodes in EPA's face when the inevitable barrage of lawsuits hits the courts.
The EPA says it will reconsider a broad swath of regulations on everything including mercury, toxic air pollutants, soot, wastewater, the chemicals used in the workplace.
Zeldin's language when it comes to the climate crisis is particularly vociferous. We are driving a dagger straight into the heart of the climate change religion.
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