Biden Moves To Reverse Trump Deregulation, Pursue Climate Actions

Incoming President Joe Biden is poised to sign a pair of actions Jan. 20 withdrawing a series of Trump administration orders that created new hurdles for pursuing stringent environmental and other rules, with Biden’s transition team saying Trump’s actions are “needless obstacles” blocking policies in the public interest. Biden is also coupling the rollback of Trump’s deregulatory actions with issuance of a separate executive order (EO) that will take “critical first steps” to address climate change, address environmental justice, create...