Legal experts say it's a marked departure from the agency’s historic purpose to protect human health and the environment. “It's an all out assault on climate regulation and environmental and public health protections,” says Michael Burger, director of the Sabin Center for Climate Change Law at Columbia University.

As expected, the Trump administration is massively rolling back environmental protection policies, accelerating an already heated race to the bottom. Trump's appointed Environmental Protection Agency leader Lee Zeldin announced 31 regulatory changes — allegedly,

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency will seek to undo more than 30 regulations, including some aimed at lowering carbon emissions and curbing pollution.