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https://www.mcguirewoods.com/client-resources/Alerts/2021/2/president-bidens-energy-policy-early-executive-orders-key-rapid-regulatory-changes
Executive Order on Protecting Public Health and the Environment and Restoring Science to Tackle the Climate Crisis (Jan. 20, 2021). This order:
directs federal agencies to review all actions taken under the Trump administration that could thwart specified environmental objectives;
directs agencies to consider rescinding or suspending four pending agency actions related to (1) methane emissions rollbacks in the oil and gas sector, (2) relaxed fuel economy vehicle standards, (3) deferential energy efficiency appliance testing and (4) a finding that scrapped the basis for Obama-era mercury controls on power plants;
places a temporary moratorium on oil and gas activity in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge and directs agencies to consider restoring certain national monument boundaries;
establishes an interagency working group on the social cost of greenhouse gases and tasks it with publishing a cost of carbon within 30 days for agencies to use in rule-making
revokes the Keystone XL Pipeline permit; and
revokes most Trump administration executive orders related to the energy sector.
Acceptance of the Paris Climate Agreement (Jan. 20, 2021). President Biden unilaterally agreed to the Paris Climate Agreement, a global carbon reduction pact from which President Trump withdrew. Previously under the agreement, the United States pledged to reduce economy-wide greenhouse gases by 26-28 percent of 2005 levels by 2025. The United States has 30 days to submit a “nationally determined contribution.”
Executive Order on Tackling the Climate Crisis at Home and Abroad (Jan. 27, 2021). This order:
sets climate change as a key consideration for U.S. national security and foreign policy;
affirms the administration’s plans to host an international climate summit, begin developing its nationally determined contribution under the Paris Climate Agreement and have Cabinet members develop policies reflective of climate change;
establishes a White House Office of Domestic Climate Policy and National Climate Task Force;
directs the National Climate Task Force and other agencies to develop a plan and leverage federal procurement to decarbonize the electricity sector by 2035 and replace government vehicles with zero-emission vehicles;
pauses new oil and gas leases on public lands;
directs the secretary of the interior to double offshore wind by 2030;
directs federal agencies to identify and eliminate fossil fuel subsidies and find opportunities for federal funding to spur clean energy technologies;
directs federal agencies to develop climate action plans;
creates a Civilian Climate Corps Initiative; and
establishes interagency working groups related to coal community economic revitalization and environmental justice.
Executive Order on the President’s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology (Jan. 27, 2021). This order establishes a council to advise the president on policy affecting science, technology and innovation.