"Trump Hits Delete For Energy, Environment Regs"

"The president’s suite of executive orders to decimate environmental regulations will propel his administration into court."

"President Donald Trump issued a series of directives late Wednesday aimed at scaling back regulations covering everything from showerheads to endangered species as part of his pledge to enact the “most aggressive regulatory reduction” in the country’s history.

Trump’s deregulatory moves this week included an executive order on showerhead regulations, an order directing energy and environmental agencies to “sunset” certain regulations, an order aimed at eliminating “anti-competitive regulations” and a memo directing agencies to repeal existing rules that don’t align with a series of recent Supreme Court decisions.

The White House budget office is also soliciting calls from the public for ideas about how to slash regulations. “Today, OMB sent to the Federal Register a call for your ideas on how to deregulate, so please send them in!” Jeff Clark, the acting head of the White House Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, posted on the social media platform X on Wednesday."

Niina H. Farah, Lesley Clark, and Robin Bravender report for E&E News April 10, 2025.

SEE ALSO:

"Trump’s New Way to Kill Regulations: Because I Say So" (New York Times)

"New Trump Administration Directives to Repeal Environmental Regulations En Masse Make ‘No Sense,’ Legal Experts Say" (Inside Climate News)