"Climate Regulations Under a Watchful Internet Eye"

"Bracing for a rollback, website run by Columbia Law School alerts any time President Trump or Congress change a rule involving climate change or energy."

"A new tool launched by the Columbia Law School on Donald Trump's first day in office is tracking every step the Trump administration takes to roll back or eliminate existing federal rules on climate change and energy.

The tool is called the Climate Deregulation Tracker and is run by Columbia's Sabin Center for Climate Change Law. It's intended to be a public resource that catalogues the regulatory steps the new administration takes on issues including climate change, fossil fuels, clean energy and energy efficiency—and provides context for what those actions mean.

Columbia has tracked climate change-related regulations since 2009, but this tool was developed in anticipation that the new administration would seek "to undo regulations to avoid dealing with climate change," said Michael Burger, the center's executive director."

Zahra Hirji reports for InsideClimate News January 23, 2017.