Yes, Alex, it is significant, but the real work is just getting started. These rules need to be bulletproof, because the greens are going to bust out their Tommy guns.
Energy Now (3/14/25) commentary: "Did the EPA really just take the 'Biggest Deregulatory Action in U.S. History'? Arguably, yes. Here are 18 important deregulatory actions EPA announced today, and why they will make life better for all of us.
- “Reconsideration of regulations on power plants (Clean Power Plan 2.0)” These Biden regulations would effectively ban all coal plants and new natural gas plants by demanding impossible 90% carbon capture.¹Reconsidering them is essential to preserving the grid and unleashing electricity.
- “Reconsideration of light-duty, medium-duty, and heavy-duty vehicle regulations” These Biden regulations paved the way for the EV mandate by imposing unachievable emission standards on gas vehicles.²Reconsidering them is essential for preserving automotive choice.
- “Reconsideration of the 2009 Endangerment Finding” This Obama-era determination, by declaring CO2 dangerous, allowed Biden to shut down power plants, slow US oil growth, and lock up our limitless natural gas.³Reconsidering it is essential for American energy dominance.
- “Ending so-called ‘Good Neighbor Plan’” This Biden rule set ozone-related emissions levels so (unnecessarily) low that many vital coal power plants can’t comply—even though ozone levels are very low throughout the US.⁴Ending it is essential to preserving grid reliability."
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Jonathan H. Adler, a conservative legal expert and professor of environmental law at Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, said he did not believe the Trump administration would succeed.
“You’ve got to explain away decades of statements by every administration that there are negative consequences of climate change that can be reasonably anticipated,” Mr. Adler said.
He called the effort to unravel the endangerment finding “a good way to waste years of time and effort and accomplish nothing.”
– Jonathan H. Adler,
Case Western Reserve University
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