Environmental groups that fought bruising courtroom battles with the first Trump administration are steeling themselves for another round amid a barrage of executive ordershellokittyvip, firings and funding cuts.
In interviews with more than a half-dozen of the most prominent groups, executives said that some — but not all — legal challenges could take time to develop, partly because many of President Trump’s orders haven’t yet translated into the kinds of tangible actions that can be directly fought in court, like specific rule changes.
But “Trump’s obviously come out gunning for all the climate and clean-energy standards and incentives,” said David Doniger, a senior strategist for the Natural Resources Defense Council.
These groups said they are already seeing potential weaknesses in the Trump administration’s broad approach to eliminating jobs at the Environmental Protection Agency and other federal offices. The E.P.A. has demoted career officials and placed 168 employees in its Office of Environmental Justice on leave. The Justice Department’s Environment and Natural Resources Division has also seen major shake-ups.
The problem,fef777 they say, is that slashing staff today could make it harder for the administration to rewrite and weaken regulations later. That’s because rule-making is a technical process that could benefit from the expertise of the people being let go.
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