Kelsey Brugger, E&E NewsOriginally published by E&E NewsNow that President Donald Trump has lost reelection, observers and advocates are bracing for agencies to finish a host of actions on energy and the environment.Trump made deregulation a centerpiece of his 2016 campaign.
Now the White House and political leaders at the different agencies have roughly 2 months to finish dismantling the regulatory state."I think it's probably going to be an all-hands-on-deck to get as much accomplished as possible," said Nick Loris, an energy policy expert at the Heritage Foundation.Yesterday, the State Energy & Environmental Impact Center at New York University School of Law launched a tracker—"Midnight Watch Project"—to monitor regulatory actions on.