"Regulations: Environmentalists Sue Trump Over Executive Order"

"The Natural Resources Defense Council sued President Trump today over his executive order that would require agencies to repeal two federal rules for every new one.

NRDC, along with Public Citizen and the Communications Workers of America, is seeking to block implementation of the order, which also establishes a regulatory budget that allows the president to set a cap on rule costs each year.

"President Trump's order would deny Americans the basic protections they rightly expect," NRDC President Rhea Suh said in a statement.

"New efforts to stop pollution don't automatically make old ones unnecessary," she said. "When you make policy by tweet, it yields irrational rules. This order imposes a false choice between clean air, clean water, safe food and other environmental safeguards.""

Arianna Skibell reports for Greenwire February 8, 2017.