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A number of companies are taking aggressive steps to undo

May 6, 2019 by Carolyn Mueller

A number of companies are taking aggressive steps to undo the regulations, including Enbridge, and the American Society of Civil Engineers, a trade group that represents hundreds of companies, has already proposed the creation of an environmental compliance agency to monitor violations by energy companies.

In response to the EPA's proposed rollback of fuel economy standards, the American Society of Civil Engineers has released its own report, "Methane, Clean Energy, and The Future of the Environmental Economy," which provides a comprehensive assessment of the federal government's actions under the President-elect.

The new report concludes that "the administration's decision to rollback the CEA and GHG emissions requirements is not only arbitrary, it will damage public health, safety, and environmental quality."

The new report also calls for the EPA to provide guidance on how to enforce the new rules. "This guidance needs to include a range of factors, including how states and local agencies will comply with the new rules and the federal government's decision to rollback the CEA and GHG emissions requirements," says the report.

But it seems clear that the Trump administration may be looking to rollback existing regulations that were not based on the scientific evidence of their effectiveness by changing their wording.

With the release of the study, many of the major environmental groups are holding a meeting in April to discuss how to fight back against the EPA's policies.

The EPA's decision to rollback those emissions standards was likely driven by the decision by the US Chamber of Commerce of the National Mining Association and the American Chemistry Council, which represents the companies that make the chemical. They are calling for the EPA to take action on both climate change and carbon capture and storage (CCS) technologies, which have been proposed by various companies and industry leaders.

Meanwhile, other coal-mining groups are also rallying against the EPA's proposed rollback of the CEA and GHG emissions standards.

"We're just like everyone else," said a representative from the Coal Industry Association of America. "It's a lot of work to make sure we have the tools to protect the integrity of our coal industry."

The American Petroleum Institute (API) and the Sierra Club (Sierra Club) are both holding similar meetings. Meanwhile, the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) is holding a similar meeting. The NRDC is looking for a way to get its members to support Trump's proposal to roll back the energy standards. The NRDC is in the process of working on a bill to roll back the GHG emissions