Blue states prepare for battle over Trump's environmental rollbacks

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

53% : "One of the things we learned during Trump 1.0 is that Trump has an enormous capacity to break the law," California Attorney General Rob Bonta, a Democrat, said in an interview with Stateline.
48% : "Trump sought to revoke California's waivers during his first administration, an effort that was tied up in legal battles for the entire term.
48% : States will continue to act, because the demands for clean air and water and safer products are there.- Sarah Doll, national director of Safer StatesThat measure did not advance, but with Trump taking office again, lawmakers could have newfound interest in protecting endangered species at the state level, said Dylan McDowell, executive director of the National Caucus of Environmental Legislators, a collaborative forum for state lawmakers.
45% : "If Trump rolls back other rules on issues such as water quality, state lawmakers could start having similar conversations.
43% : Trump has said that Lee Zeldin, his nominee to lead the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, will "ensure fair and swift deregulatory decisions that will be enacted in a way to unleash the power of American businesses.
31% : Environmental advocates say they're not sure which environmental rules Trump will attack first.
29% : "In addition to rollbacks of specific rules, Trump could cut funding and staffing for the EPA.
25% : Trump will likely also attempt to ramp up oil drilling on public lands, cancel funding for clean energy projects and halt offshore wind leases.
25% : "It's unclear how Trump will act on some issues, including PFAS, or "forever chemicals" -- a class of chemicals used in a host of consumer goods that don't break down naturally and have been shown to increase health risks.

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