Daily on Energy: Trump urged to slash green rules

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

67% : "Fedorchak endorsed the incoming administration's goals for prioritizing energy dominance, particularly through harnessing fossil fuels.
52% : Reversing regulations: Fedorchak is urging Trump and Burgum, if confirmed, to walk back 20 rules and regulations issued by their predecessors over the last four years.
49% : However, the standards will require developers to build homes with limited carbon emissions, meaning many future homes will still be built with heat pumps and solar panels.
41% : This includes several controversial rules from the Environmental Protection Agency such as those imposing limits on methane, mercury and other air pollutants emitted by coal and and oil power plants.
38% : The details: Two sources with knowledge of the matter confirmed the plans to Reuters over the weekend, saying the sanctions would come before Trump again takes office.
25% : In 2019, a U.S. district judge ruled against Trump, saying only Congress would be able to revoke such a ban.
16% : Trump's promise to reverse: Trump attempted to end similar protections during his first term that were implemented by his predecessor, former President Barack Obama.
15% : Trump went on to insist he has "the right" to reverse the protections but did not offer up any more detail as to how he would undo the Biden executive order.
13% : However, that ruling does not seem to have deterred Trump, who told conservative radio talk show host Hugh Hewitt on Monday morning, "I see it just came over that Biden has banned all oil and gas drilling across 625 million acres of U.S. coastal territory.

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