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84 Environmental Rules on
the Way Out Under Trump
By NADJA POPOVICH, LIVIA ALBECK-RIPKA and KENDRA PIERRE-LOUIS UPDATED June 3, 2019
President Trump has made eliminating federal regulations a priority. His administration, with help from Republicans in Congress, has often targeted environmental rules it sees as burdensome to the fossil fuel industry and other big businesses.
A New York Times analysis, based on research from Harvard Law School, Columbia Law School and other sources, counts more than 80 environmental rules and regulations on the way out under Mr. Trump.
Our list represents two types of policy changes: rules that were officially reversed and rollbacks still in progress. The Trump administration has released an aggressive schedule to try to finalize many of these rollbacks this year.

49
35
84

rollbacks completed
rollbacks in process
total rollbacks
Air pollution and emissions
10
12
22
Drilling and extraction
9
9
18
Infrastructure and planning
12
1
13
Animals
8
2
10
Toxic substances and safety
3
2
5
Water pollution
4
3
7
Other
3
6
9
The Trump administration has often used a “one-two punch” when rolling back environmental rules, said Caitlin McCoy, a fellow in the Environmental and Energy Law Program at Harvard Law School who tracks regulatory rollbacks. “First a delay rule to buy some time, and then a final substantive rule.”

https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2019/climate/trump-environment-rollbacks.html?action=click&module=News&pgtype=Homepage