(Reuters) -Newly elected U.S. President Donald Trump’s transition team has prepared executive orders and proclamations on withdrawing from the Paris climate treaty and reducing the size of some national monuments to allow more drilling and mining. New York Times (NYSE:) reported this on Friday.
Trump is also expected to end the pause on allowing new liquid exports to major markets in Asia and Europe and revoke a waiver that allows California and other states to adopt stricter pollution standards, the report said.
Trump promised during his campaign to take many of the actions mentioned in the report. Karoline Leavitt, a spokeswoman for the Trump transition team, said in response to a Reuters request that the results of Tuesday’s election gave him a “mandate to implement the promises he made during the campaign.” He will make them come true.”
President Joe Biden’s administration suspended approvals of new LNG exports in January to complete a study on the environmental and economic impact of the exports. The U.S. Department of Energy will release a draft of an updated analysis for a 60-day public comment period before the end of the year, a department official said.
Some people on the transition team are discussing moving the Environmental Protection Agency’s headquarters from Washington, the report said, citing unnamed people involved in the discussions.
