“President Biden is taking office at a time when agencies like the Environmental Protection Agency have just suffered unprecedented devastation … you can’t just go one day and rollback rollbacks. It takes time to undo the administration’s actions and it takes a lot of effort. , ”Mallory said in a recent video on the Southern Environmental Law Center website.
CIQU has a wide latitude to instruct federal agencies on how to assess the environmental impacts of major projects, policies and land use decisions. It can pull employees from a range of departments to support Biden’s climate change ambitions and the White House staff that are already taking on the greenery.
CEQ also oversees the National Environmental Policy Act, a move pleased by developers that has weakened Bedrock Law President Donald Trump. The law outlines public commenting processes and environmental assessments on everything from highways to pipeline projects, and Mallory is likely to make changes to the initiatives initiated by Trump’s CQ. Have to face pressure.
Mallory has also served as acting general advisor and chief deputy general adviser at the EPA. He also chaired Natural Resources at Legal Payments Beverage and Diamond and was executive director and senior consultant for the Conservation Litigation Project.
