1ºDa Benski By December 27 last year (“today”), Obama had issued 3,794 rules. Of Obama’s rules, 479 were categorized as “significant.” For Trump, the “significant” subset is 198, again, with some among them constituting rollbacks. (The nomenclature is a mess; I’ve compiled the even costlier “economically significant” subset in play in the Trump administration here.)
Getting rid of already finalized rules is tougher. With respect to rules already in effect, recall Trump’s now famous order to eliminate two regulations for every one added.
This order didn’t apply to non-significant rules; nor to rules mandated by Congress as opposed to driven by agency discretion; nor even to any rules from the so-called “independent agencies” like the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) or the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau
2ºSue Hanscome no, it’s downright sabotage. Multiple derailments containing hazmat material is not “wear and tear.” It’s a deliberate way to destroy our resources so we can rely on the “government” for all our needs. We live in a society ruled by fascists who will stop at nothing to exert complete dominance and control over the people. I don’t like trump as a person but that guy did what the prior 3 administrations could do. He improved our economy, established mutual relations to promote global peace, and started taking care veterans, myself included.
People say he created division amongst Americans but fail tk realize that’s how it’s always been. Our media’s propaganda put an emphasis on that to create more hostility between us, and start blaming him for it. Haven’t you heard? The 1/6 insurrection was orchestrated by those who wish to harm our nation. Although many blame trump for instigating it, the information coming out clearly shows it to be false. Why do you think one of the individuals imprisoned was just released? Because of false accusations.
I am no supporter of either party. I simply rely on facts.
3ºI tell you what Transportation nightmare Secretary Buttigieg - Portland, Oregon REALLY doesnt need sum total two billion from federal tax dollars to remodel our airport - bottom line - there is nothing publicly unsafe going on at our airport. WE NEED ACCOUNTABILITY from Biden's transportation department as to how or why - boon doggle projects amounting to billions of dollars went out to state after state - that werent ever tied to emergent needs. Our entire rail system needs PROFICIENT REVIEW AND ASSESSING by qualified persons. BUTTIGIEG isnt the person to do it. OBVIOUSLY. Our rail system nationwide OBVIOUSLY cant be trusted. WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO DO, President Biden - keep a man in charge of the Transportation Department whose only previous experience was mayor of a city in Indiana with a population less than 200,000. THAT makes zero sense.
4ºDa Benski President Donald Trump has made much news over slowing down the flow of regulations in 2017, and over new promises to reduce even more red tape in 2018.
But the question has come up over which regulations, exactly, did he get rid of.
And of the ones that Trump added—were they expensive?
What has clearly happened is that the flow of new regulations has dropped greatly.
For starters, the Trump Administration withdrew or delayed 1,579 Obama rules that were in the pipeline but not yet finalized.
Perhaps needless to say is that, deep state notwithstanding, Trump’s own significant self-generated regulatory actions amount to a (relative) trickle. Trump’s total rule count is 3,258, but many of them were delays of President Obama’s rules (and even more of them the ever-present hundreds of FAA airworthiness directives and Coast Guard rules).
5ºThis is horrific! Lots of sad news here in Montana. Wish someone like CNN had reported on that massive poisoning of Starlings (birds) in the Billings Montana area the third week of March. (this year!!!) It was done INTENTIONALLY by the USDA!!! They claimed it was done to "aid" our agricultural/livestock farming. There was NO reported "heads-up" given to anyone...so many people in the area STILL allowed their cats, dogs, even their little kids to become exposed to these dead and dying Starling bodies lying all over the ground...There has LITTLE, if ANY, news shared with the general public on this extreme cruel and DANGEROUS act. Guess it's not a "money-maker."
6ºDa Benski
COMMODITIES NEWS
AUGUST 29, 20191:58 PMUPDATED 4 YEARS AGO
Factbox: U.S. oil and gas regulatory rollbacks under Trump
By Liz Hampton
(Reuters) - The Trump administration has moved broadly to relax Obama-era rules put in place to regulate methane and other greenhouse gas emissions, offshore drilling safety, fuel economy and wetlands rules that impact oil, gas and coal industries.
The rollbacks come amid surging oil and gas production that put the United States output ahead of historical leaders’ Saudi Arabia and Russia. In May, the United States pumped a record 12.4 million barrels per day of crude, according to the U.S. Energy Information Administration.
While the Trump administration has made reducing the regulatory burden on oil and gas companies a priority to drive U.S. energy production and exports, its efforts have drawn rebukes and lawsuits from environmentalists.
Below is a list of changes to federal oil and gas regulations that have been implemented or proposed under President Donald Trump:
EASING METHANE LIMITS
The administration in August proposed rolling back limits on methane emissions at oil and gas operations implemented during the Obama administration.
The proposal is anticipated to repeal regulations put in place in 2016 that limit methane emissions from new oil and gas drilling, transport and storage operations. Natural gas is composed mostly of methane, one of the main pollutants scientists link to climate change.
OFFSHORE DRILLING
In May, the Trump administration unveiled its final plan to roll back offshore drilling safety measures enacted during the Obama administration following the fatal 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil spill. The changes were anticipated to save oil and gas companies $1 billion over ten years.
The Obama administration’s 2016 well-control and blowout preventer rule had required real-time monitoring of operations and certification by third parties of emergency devices. The Sierra Club and other groups sued to reverse the decision, arguing the U.S. had failed to consider potential damage to offshore safety and the environment.
POWER PLANT RULES
In June, the Trump administration finalized a carbon emissions rule for U.S. power plants to help the ailing coal industry and replaced an Obama-era rule targeted at fighting climate change.
The Trump administration’s Affordable Clean Energy (ACE) rule would give states three years to devise their own plans to cut emissions, primarily by encouraging coal-fired power plants to improve their efficiency.
EXPANSION OF OFFSHORE DRILLING
In 2017, the administration ordered a reversal of an Obama-era ban on oil and gas drilling in the Arctic and Atlantic oceans. In 2018, it outlined a proposal to open up the Atlantic, Pacific and new parts of the Arctic oceans to offshore drilling.
Since that plan was announced, six states passed legislation or amendments to restrict offshore drilling. Earlier this year, the plan was sidelined following a court ruling to block drilling in the Atlantic and Arctic.
PARIS ACCORD WITHDRAWAL
Trump announced in 2017 he would withdraw the U.S. from the Paris agreement, which seeks to limit global warming to less than 2 degrees Celsius (3.6 degrees Fahrenheit). Achieving that goal would cut as much as 40% off oil demand by the early 2040s, impacting the industry, according to investment fund Legal and General Investment Management.
In a symbolic move, the U.S. House of Representatives in May approved a bill calling on the president to develop a plan to meet the agreements goals. The U.S. Senate has refused to consider it.
PIPELINE PERMITTING
Trump issued executive orders in early 2019 to limit the ability of states to block interstate energy projects, including pipelines, under a provision of the U.S. Clean Water Act. His orders called for a review of rules requiring state certifications for federally approved interstate pipelines and project.
Reporting by Liz Hampton in Denver, Colorado; Editing by Marguerita Choy
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