Trump Set to Downsize Environment Office, Unless Courts Do First

December 13, 2024, 10:30 AM UTC

Permitting changes that took the Biden administration years to establish are suddenly up in the air—both because of mounting legal challenges and an anticipated scale-down of the White House office that oversees the rules.

Under President Joe Biden, the Council on Environmental Quality has turned into a muscular policy shop with a broad portfolio, spanning environmental justice, clean energy deployment, the transition to green construction materials, ecological conservation, federal sustainability, and more.

Biden’s CEQ chair, Brenda Mallory, has also become a prominent spokesperson for his White House’s agenda, frequently appearing at high-profile events like the UN’s annual climate gathering, COP, ...

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