Trump finalizes rollback of environmental rules blamed for crimping infrastructure

Published January 7, 2026 10:27am ET



The Trump administration has finalized its plans to roll back decades worth of rules and regulations implementing the National Environmental Policy Act, in the latest effort to accelerate federal approvals for energy and infrastructure growth. 

On Wednesday, the Council on Environmental Quality issued a final rule affirming the removal of the agency’s removal of all existing regulations under the bedrock environmental law. 

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