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A screenshot of a White House-branded document (bearing The White House seal/logo at the top) listing a bulleted summary of Trump administration deregulatory actions by federal agencies (EPA, DOE, DOT, DOI, USDA, USACE) rolling back environmental and climate-related rules — including ending the "Good Neighbor Plan," terminating EPA's environmental justice department, DOE cutting 47 regulations, rescinding memoranda requiring environmental review of infrastructure projects, proposing to narrow Endangered Species Act permitting burdens, a presidential proclamation delaying compliance for coal-fired power plants, rescinding the Public Lands Rule, reforming permitting to favor natural gas/nuclear/coal over wind/solar, and rescinding a "Zero Emissions Building" definition. The page is one part of a longer list (items appear mid-list, cut off at top and bottom).

Text in image: THE WHITE HOUSE o the 2009 Endangerment Finding and regulations and actions that relied on the Endangerment Finding. o the technology transition rule that forces companies to use certain technologies that increase costs on food at grocery stores and semiconductor manufacturing in the name of environmental safety. o Particulate Matter National Ambient Air Quality Standards that shut down opportunities for American manufacturing and small businesses due to unattainable clean air standards. o multiple National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants for American energy and manufacturing sectors. • EPA is ending the so-called "Good Neighbor Plan," which the Biden-Harris Administration used to expand federal rules to more states and sectors beyond the program's traditional focus and forced states to comply with unrealistic air quality standards. • EPA terminated its environmental justice department. • DOE is slashing 47 burdensome and costly regulations, many driven by environmental and climate concerns, including various permitting requirements, natural gas and pipeline infrastructure approvals, environmental disclosure requirements, greenhouse gas reporting requirements, energy conservation standards for multiple types of appliances, water use standards for household appliances, test procedures and efficiency standards for small electric appliances, gas stove requirements, and more. • DOT rescinded two memoranda issued during the Biden Administration that required environmental considerations for critical infrastructure projects. • The Fish and Wildlife Service within DOI proposed a rule that would significantly alleviate permitting burdens under the Endangered Species Act by re-focusing the act on its original intent of preventing endangered animals from being killed and eliminating the vague and far-reaching regulation that made it a criminal offense to "harm" or "harass" them. • The President signed Proclamation 10914, Regulatory Relief for Certain Stationary Sources to Promote American Energy, which permitted 48 companies operating 68 coal-fired electric generating units to delay compliance with Biden rules that imposed stringent and unrealistic regulatory requirements. • DOI has proposed rescinding the Biden Administration's Public Lands Rule, which had the potential to block access to hundreds of thousands of acres of multiple-use land – preventing energy and mineral production, timber management, grazing and recreation across the West. • DOI, USDA, and USACE reformed permitting to prioritize energy dense power plants like natural gas, nuclear, and coal to ensure power grid reliability while minimizing future damage to the environment from unreliable and environmentally destructive wind and solar projects. • DOE rescinded its National Definition of a Zero Emissions Building. This action lowers costs and promotes freedom of choice in the buildings sector by relieving developers, investors, and

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A screenshot of a White House official document/press release, topped with The White House seal logo and "THE WHITE HOUSE" text. The visible portion is a bulleted list (continuing mid-sentence from a prior page) organized under section headers, listing various federal agency deregulatory actions related to climate and environmental policy, grouped under headings "Finance" and "Electricity" (a third unlabeled section precedes them, covering DOE, USDA, DOT actions).

Text in image: THE WHITE HOUSE building owners of indirect pressure to account for federal guidelines that never had the force or effect of law. • The White House announced the U.S. withdrawal from 66 international organizations "that no longer serve American interests," including the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) and the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC). • DOE implemented reforms to ease burdensome permitting rules and regulations for construction projects at its 17 National Labs to accelerate critical infrastructure improvement projects while saving hundreds of millions of dollars for the American taxpayer. • USDA is simplifying the administrative process for grazing on federal lands favoring ranchers over environmental concerns, which will promote consistency with federal livestock permitting policies across all agencies. • DOT is in the process of rescinding overburdensome requirements regarding the Forest Highway Program, has rescinded guidance related to addressing resilience to climate change and extreme weather, and has adopted numerous categorical exclusions in order to streamline permitting. • DOT overturned a greenhouse gas emission rule, which would have required state transportation departments to measure and establish declining targets for carbon dioxide emissions on federally supported highways. Finance • The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC), FDIC, and the Federal Reserve Board (FRB) announced they were withdrawing as members of the Network for Greening the Financial System (NGFS) noting participation in the network extends well beyond the OCC, FDIC, and FRB statutory responsibilities and does not align with their regulatory mandate. • FDIC, Federal Reserve Board, and OCC withdrew interagency Principles for Climate-Related Financial Risk Management for Large Financial Institutions. • CFTC dismantled their Climate Risk Unit, disavowed the Market Risk Advisory Committee's (MRAC) 2020 Climate Risk Report and eliminated MRAC's climate-related market risk subcommittee, withdrew a Request for Information on Climate-Related Financial Risk, and withdrew CFTC Guidance regarding listing voluntary carbon credit derivative contracts. Electricity • The Trump Administration withdrew from a memorandum of understanding that provided for breaching of the Snake River dams for environmental reasons. The withdrawal provided over 3,400 MW of affordable, efficient hydroelectric power to millions of Americans. • NEDC saved over 17,000 MW of power generation (enough to power almost all of New England) from being forced offline due to ESG pressure.

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A screenshot of a White House press release/fact-sheet document page, with "THE WHITE HOUSE" logo (an icon of the White House building with a small flag) centered at the top. The body text is a bulleted list detailing energy and land-management policy actions, split into an unlabeled section continuing from a prior page and a section headed "Alaska." It describes DOE halting a Biden-era hydroelectric policy in the Columbia River Basin, and DOI actions in Alaska including reopening ANWR's Coastal Plain, the Ambler Road right-of-way, the King Cove–Cold Bay Road land exchange, an updated Integrated Activity Plan for the National Petroleum Reserve, and a new record of decision reopening acreage in the Coastal Plain to oil and gas leasing with specific acreage figures.

Text in image: THE WHITE HOUSE • DOE halted the Biden Administration's radical anti-hydroelectricity policy in the Columbia River Basin, which could have led to the shutdown of more than 3,000 MW of affordable, reliable and secure hydroelectric power – enough generation to power about 2.5 million homes. Alaska • DOI announced a sweeping package of actions to boost energy development, modernize land and resource management across Alaska, and improve public health and safety for Alaskans. These steps include the following, previously prohibited by environmental activists: o reopening the Coastal Plain of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge for oil and gas leasing; o completing right-of-way permits for the Ambler Road; o and moving forward with the King Cove–Cold Bay Road corridor through a land exchange. • DOI approved an updated Integrated Activity Plan for the National Petroleum Reserve in Alaska that reopens nearly 82 percent of the 23-million-acre reserve to oil and gas leasing. The decision aligns management with the 2020 plan and restores the Reserve's core purpose as a strategic domestic energy supply. • DOI issued a new record of decision reopening 1.56 million acres of the Coastal Plain to oil and gas leasing, where the previous record of decision had closed it for environmental reasons. This action: o Opened 1,163,500 additional acres for oil and gas leasing. o Opened 126,400 additional acres to directional drilling. o Reverted 84,300 acres to leasing without controlled surface use restrictions. o Reduced 23,600 acres identified as riparian areas and wetlands.

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Many in the media want to say that there's no evidence of any waste or abuse. And then every time I provide more evidence of waste and abuse, they dig even deeper and saying there's no evidence of waste and abuse. I just want to give you an example of a couple of updates. We're digging power forward communities. This is an NGO that you just referenced tied to Stacey Abrams. This entity received $100 in 2023. The Biden EPA gave them $2 billion in 2024, put into their grant agreement a requirement that they needed to complete training called how to develop a budget within 90 days. So the Biden EPA said they didn't know how to develop a budget. And yet in that window, they were able to start spending down the balance, even though the Biden EPA figured that they needed more training. So this is Biden EPA reviewers quote the salary structure for top officers seems high for nonprofit or rather high enough that it merits some explanation. I'm wondering if this could be a problem with public perception. Many of the costs are just presented both little or no explanation as to why they are reasonable. They're paying their CEO $800,000 or COO for $150,000, 22 people receiving over $150,000. And there's all different kinds of complaints, concerns expressed by Biden EPA officials saying quote, executive salaries appear excessive. Another added that quote, senior management salaries are seemingly high without justification. Now, I could go through a thousand different examples of what I'm reading right now. And the deeper that I get, the more that the New York Times and Politico and the Washington Post will say, there's no evidence. Well, what do you call everything that we're going through?

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It's important for EPA to be operating as efficiently as possible, and we're not going to operate under this mentality that challenging the status quo is unacceptable. It's some sacred cow. We inherited all these Bioneer regulations. We aren't going to treat those as if they're etched in stone. And as we see tens of billions of dollars going out through self-dealing and conflicts of interest, unqualified recipients and reduced agency oversight, we're going to take action. We will have a zero-tolerance policy for any waste and abuse. So these are the principles that we bring in. And the Trump mandate at the Trump EPA is making sure that we're operating as efficiently as possible and we're powering the great American comeback.

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Earlier this week, the EPA called this the most consequential day of deregulation in U.S. history. What do you mean by that? It's the most amount of deregulation ever in the history of America. And during the Biden and Obama administrations, there were all sorts of rules and regulations that were coming out. And there was this demand on the left that these should be treated as new commandments etched in stone. They were targeting a lot of the energy supply, targeting a lot of jobs. As a result, the cost of living goes up when it becomes harder to purchase a car or heat a home. And President Trump campaigned on protecting, unleashing American energy. He wants American energy dominance. And we're going to do our part at EPA to deliver it. We call it powering the great American comeback. We care about clean air, land and water for all Americans. And we don't believe it's a binary choice between protecting the environment and growing our economy.

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-This is an executive order relating to the use of paper straws. As you've consistently identified, nobody really likes paper straws. -Number-one trending. Can you believe it? A paper straw is number-one trending for three days or something. -The environmental impact of plastic straws versus paper straws is entirely unclear. This has cost both the government and private industry an absolute ton of money and left consumers all over the country wildly dissatisfied with their straws. So, we're asking aspects of the federal government, federal departments, and agencies to look at their existing procurement processes, and we're asking your domestic policy council to look holistically at this issue to address it, and it really is something that affects ordinary Americans and their everyday lives. -We're going back to plastic straws. These things don't work. I've had them many times, and on occasion, they break. They explode. If something's hot, they don't last very long, like a matter of minutes. Sometimes, a matter of seconds. It's a ridiculous situation. So, we're going back to plastic straws. I think it's okay. And I don't think that plastic is going to affect a shark very much as they're eating -- as they're munching their way through the ocean. Okay.

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