Talk:Environmental policy of the Donald Trump administration/Archives/2020/April

EPA stopped enforcing environmental regulations, add?

The EPA stopped enforcing environmental regulations, allowing power plants, factories, and other facilities discretion in deciding whether or not they think the coronavirus will prevent them from meeting legal requirements on air and water pollution and hazardous waste management. The EPA will not be fining companies for violating certain requirements during this time. The new directive will remain in place indefinitely.

• https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/26/climate/epa-coronavirus-pollution-rules.html
• https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2020/3/29/21198674/coronavirus-epa-trump-regulations
• https://www.businessinsider.com/coronavirus-epa-stops-enforcing-environmental-protection-rules-2020-3

X1\ (talk) 04:05, 1 April 2020 (UTC)

failing to keep fuel efficiency standards; add here &/or ... ?

The Trump administration rolled back fuel efficiency standards for cars and trucks; one of the nation’s most aggressive efforts to mitigate climate change.

The changes will allow vehicles to emit about a billion more tons of carbon dioxide – equivalent to roughly a fifth of annual U.S. emissions – by requiring automakers to increase fuel economy by 1.5% a year, with the goal of achieving an average of 40 miles per gallon by 2026. The current rules mandate annual increases of 5%, reaching an average of 54 mpg by 2025.

• Why Trump wants to relax automotive fuel efficiency standards now on YouTube March 31, 2020 PBS NewsHour
• https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2020/mar/31/trump-epa-obama-clean-car-rules-climate-change
• https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/donald-trump/trump-rollback-mileage-standards-guts-climate-change-push-n1173026
• https://www.latimes.com/politics/story/2020-03-31/trump-rolls-back-fuel-economy-standards

See Corporate average fuel economy and Fuel economy in automobiles and Greenhouse gas emissions by the United States X1\ (talk) 04:16, 1 April 2020 (UTC)

Notice of related discussion

There is a discussion at Talk:Infrastructure policy of Donald Trump (bottom of page) about whether that article should include content cited to sources that do not directly mention Trump and infrastructure, including material touching on environmental and energy policy. Neutrality^talk 22:45, 14 April 2020 (UTC)

weakening protection from mercury poisoning, add?

See previous #add EPA weakening regulation that limits heavy metals like arsenic, lead and mercury from coal-fired power plants ?

The EPA will weaken regulations on mercury and other air pollutants released from oil and coal-fired power plants. The rule does not eliminate restrictions on the release of mercury, but will instead create a new method of calculating the costs and benefits of mercury pollution, which will fundamentally undermine the legal underpinnings on controls of mercury and other pollutants.

• https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/16/climate/epa-mercury-coal.html
• https://www.cnn.com/2020/04/16/politics/epa-mercury-and-coal-roll-back

X1\ (talk) 08:11, 17 April 2020 (UTC)

Thanks. I added it. Gandydancer (talk) 23:26, 18 April 2020 (UTC)