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Obama's Climate Rules Are Safer Than They Seem
Most of the big ones are surprisingly hard to eliminate -- or not worth the trouble.
And it’s a good thing, too.
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Those who support aggressive action to reduce greenhouse gases fear that the Donald Trump administration will undo all or most of President Barack Obama’s climate change initiatives. But those fears are probably unwarranted.
A good guess, based on a close look at the regulations that matter most, is that the Obama administration’s work on climate is more secure than most people realize; for the most part, Trump is unlikely to revisit it. (Disclosure: As administrator of the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs from 2009 to 2012, I had some involvement with most of these initiatives.)