{"id":4130,"date":"2020-12-29T16:58:25","date_gmt":"2020-12-29T16:58:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.radiofree.org\/?p=144490"},"modified":"2020-12-29T16:58:25","modified_gmt":"2020-12-29T16:58:25","slug":"report-urges-biden-to-reverse-trump-environmental-rollbacks-and-set-us-on-path-to-cleaner-healthier-future","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/radiofree.asia\/2020\/12\/29\/report-urges-biden-to-reverse-trump-environmental-rollbacks-and-set-us-on-path-to-cleaner-healthier-future\/","title":{"rendered":"Report Urges Biden to Reverse Trump Environmental Rollbacks and Set US on ‘Path to Cleaner, Healthier Future’"},"content":{"rendered":"
A report published Tuesday by the eco-advocacy group Environment America urges President-elect Joe Biden to immediately restore critical environmental protections gutted by Trump administration regulatory rollbacks.<\/p>\n
“By undoing the Trump administration’s rollbacks of environmental protections, the Biden administration will be able to protect our natural landscapes and give Americans cleaner air, cleaner water, and a more livable climate.” The report, entitled First Things to Fix<\/em><\/a> (pdf), notes that President Donald Trump has overseen the reversal or weakening <\/a>of around 100 environmental regulations during his nearly four years in office. <\/p>\n “His administration has steadily loosened oversight of polluting industries, eroded protections for endangered wildlife, and stymied efforts to address our most daunting environmental threat: climate change,” the report states. “These rollbacks have and will continue to significantly increase greenhouse gas emissions and lead to thousands of premature deaths due to poor air quality every year.”<\/p>\n “By undoing the Trump administration’s rollbacks of environmental protections, the Biden administration will be able to protect our natural landscapes and give Americans cleaner air, cleaner water, and a more livable climate,” the report continues.<\/p>\n Here\u2019s our recommendations for the first actions President-elect Biden can take to protect the environment. 5 things to fix:https:\/\/t.co\/vNzC5EKJHL<\/a><\/p>\n \u2014 Environment America (@EnvAm) December 29, 2020<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n “Many of the rollbacks have been carried out by the Environmental Protection Agency,” the report notes. “Others by the departments of Transportation, Energy, and Interior. A lot of them can be undone through swift administrative action in the early days of a Biden administration.”<\/p>\n The report says that Biden’s actions could and should include: <\/p>\n Additionally, the report recommends 15 policies and actions the incoming administration should consider during its first 100 days, including ending oil and gas drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, protecting endangered species, and reducing methane emissions.<\/p>\n
\u2014Environment America <\/span><\/p>\n\n