What will happen to the major environment, health protections Biden is set to leave unfinished?
by Rachel Frazin - 09/07/24 6:00 AM ET
From heat protections for workers to restrictions on toxic chemicals, the Biden administration is set to leave several of the significant environmental and health protections it has floated unfinished.
The fate of many of these regulations likely depends on the outcome of November’s election, as a Harris administration would probably continue them, while a Trump administration likely would not.
While even finished rules are vulnerable under a new administration, it may take a lengthy process with significant scrutiny to undo some of the progress the Biden administration has made on climate and health.
However, rules that are not yet on the books can simply be abandoned.
The Biden administration has completed a number of significant actions aimed at combating climate change and improving environmental health. These include the passage of billions of dollars for climate-friendly energy in the Inflation Reduction Act and regulations restricting planet-warming and toxic emissions from a variety of sources.
But it has not completed everything it set out to do — and probably will not before President Biden’s term is up in January.
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https://thehill.com/policy/energy-environment/4866856-biden-administration-unfinished-environment-health-protections/
