Indian Country Should Defend Environmental Protections

Law360, New York (April 3, 2017, 5:48 PM EDT) -- Doing exactly what he promised to do throughout his campaign, Donald Trump has been rolling back Obama-era environmental regulations since his first full day in office when he issued an executive order to expedite approval of the Dakota Access pipeline. He's continued by bringing back the Keystone pipeline by issuing the cross-border permit that had been denied by the Obama administration. Then, by directing the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to review and potentially weaken fuel economy standards for cars and trucks. Most recently, he issued another executive order titled "Promoting Energy Independence and Economic Growth."[1] This order directs federal agencies to review and potentially rescind several Obama-era environmental and energy regulations. This most recent executive order lines up with two years of campaign promises to undo environmental regulations and sends the clear signal that federal agencies will rescind these regulations....

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