POLITICO’s E&E News hosts a virtual briefing on energy and environment issues for subscribers each month. If you missed Wednesday’s panel, we invite you to watch the video recording of the event. Stay tuned for details on our next briefing.
Our panel — reporters Robin Bravender, Jean Chemnick, Brian Dabbs and Nico Portuondo — went in-depth on the White House and Elon Musk’s effort to shrink federal energy and environment agencies.
Chemnick detailed the drama surrounding EPA’s climate grants, currently caught up in a storm of litigation, and the Trump administration’s effort to rework the landmark 2009 scientific finding that underpins American climate policy and rulemaking.
“What they could do is repeal the Biden administration rules and then not replace them,” Chemnick said. “The risk that is associated with that is that might leave a blank slate for a new administration to write their own rules.”
