Biden Climate Orders Ensure EPA Role, With Many Details Still Pending

President Joe Biden’s climate executive orders (EOs) signed Jan. 27 ensure a prominent role for EPA in the administration’s government-wide effort to tackle greenhouse gases, but questions linger on the precise scope of future agency actions and the process for engaging stakeholders on GHG controls for many sectors. The directives include a new “omnibus” climate change EO focused on coordination of domestic and international efforts, as well as a new memo and separate EO aimed at revamping agency scientific integrity...