EPA Launches Biggest Deregulatory Action in U.S. History, Favors O&G

One of President Donald Trump’s greatest lines during the 2016 presidential campaign was his promise, “We’re gonna win so much, you may even get tired of winning. And you’ll say, ‘Please, please. It’s too much winning. We can’t take it anymore, Mr. President, it’s too much.’ And I’ll say, ‘No it isn’t. We have to keep winning. We have to win more!’” Such was our thought ("We're winning too much!") about yesterday's massive announcements (plural) coming from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). The EPA announced the launch of the biggest deregulatory action in the history of our country. It is MASSIVE, with extremely important/critical implications for the oil and gas industry. Many of the actions EPA is taking will roll back, modify, or otherwise improve regulations that directly affect the shale industry, including actions on Biden's Clean Power Plant 2, the Waters of the United States (WOTUS) regulation, revising regs to allow brine (wastewater) to be recycled and used for things like cooling data centers, and much, much more.

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