Unleashing American Energy Dominance has never been more critical, and America’s own EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin is charging ahead with a revolutionary set of 31 deregulatory actions. These moves promise to dismantle the stifling regulations that have been holding back our economic engine.
These bold reforms are directly in line with President Trump’s Day One executive orders. They aim to unleash American energy, drastically lower living costs for families, turbocharge our economic growth, and restore the rule of law by empowering states.
“Today, I’m pleased to make the largest deregulatory announcement in U.S. history,” declared Administrator Zeldin in an electrifying video statement. “The Environmental Protection Agency is initiating 31 historic actions to fulfill President Trump’s promise to unleash American energy, revitalize our auto industry, restore the rule of law, and give power back to the states.”
Zeldin specifically targeted the burdensome Biden-era regulations, calling them “suffocating” and excessively costly for everyday Americans.
The key regulations being reconsidered include:
Unleashing American Energy
- Reconsideration of regulations on power plants (Clean Power Plan 2.0)
- Reconsideration of regulations throttling the oil and gas industry (OOOO b/c)
- Reconsideration of Mercury and Air Toxics Standards (MATS)
- Reconsideration of mandatory Greenhouse Gas Reporting Program (GHG Reporting Program)
- Reconsideration of limitations, guidelines and standards (ELG) for the Steam Electric Power Generating Industry
- Reconsideration of wastewater regulations for coal power plants (Oil and Gas ELG)
- Reconsideration of Biden-Harris Administration Risk Management Program rule (Risk Management Program Rule)
Lowering the Cost of Living for American Families
- Reconsideration of vehicle regulations foundational to the Biden-Harris electric vehicle mandate (Car GHG Rules)
- Reconsideration of the 2009 Endangerment Finding (Endangerment Finding)
- Reconsideration of technology transition rule increasing costs on essentials (Technology Transition Rule)
- Reconsideration of Particulate Matter National Ambient Air Quality Standards (PM 2.5 NAAQS)
- Reconsideration of multiple National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants (NESHAPs)
- Restructuring the Regional Haze Program (Regional Haze)
- Overhauling Biden-Harris Administration’s “Social Cost of Carbon”
- Redirecting enforcement resources to EPA’s core mission (Enforcement Discretion)
- Terminating Biden’s Environmental Justice and DEI arms of the agency (EJ/DEI)
Advancing Cooperative Federalism
- Ending the “Good Neighbor Plan” expansion (Good Neighbor Plan)
- Working with states and tribes to resolve backlog with State and Tribal Implementation Plans (SIPs/TIPs)
- Reconsideration of exceptional events rulemaking (Exceptional Events)
- Reconstituting Science Advisory Board and Clean Air Scientific Advisory Committee (SAB/CASAC)
- Prioritizing coal ash program (CCR Rule)
- Utilizing enforcement discretion for North Carolina’s recovery from Hurricane Helene
As Zeldin asserted, “For me, the U.S. Constitution and the laws of this nation will be strictly interpreted and followed—no exceptions. Today, the Green News scam ends, as the EPA does its part to usher in the golden age of American success.”
He added, “Our actions will lower the cost of living by making it more affordable to purchase a car, heat your home, and operate a business. Jobs will be created, especially in the U.S. auto industry, and our nation will become stronger for it. From the campaign trail, to day one, and beyond, President Trump has delivered on his promise to unleash energy dominance and lower the cost of living. We at the EPA will do our part to power the great American comeback.”
BREAKING: @EPA is initiating 31 historic actions to Power the Great American Comeback in the greatest day of deregulation in American history! Our actions will unleash energy dominance, lower costs for Americans, strengthen the U.S. auto industry, and protect our environment.
— Lee Zeldin (@epaleezeldin)
March 12, 2025
