Trump Mounts Sweeping Attack on Pollution and Climate Rules (1)

The Trump administration is launching a sweeping overhaul of US environmental mandates in a campaign it billed as the “biggest deregulatory action” of its kind in US history.

The Environmental Protection Agency said Wednesday it will formally reconsider more than a dozen Obama- and Biden-era regulations, including mandates governing chemical plant safety and pollution curbs on electricity, as it aims to deliver on President Donald Trump’s pledge to speed US energy development. The agency described the effort as “historic actions” that “will roll back trillions in regulatory costs and hidden taxes on US families.”

“We are driving a dagger ...