Sentences with phrase «previous environmental rules»

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Singh, who has long stood in opposition to the project on the grounds that it was approved under what he calls flawed environmental assessment rules adopted by the previous Conservative government, said Wednesday the Trudeau government should, in tandem with B.C., ask the Supreme Court for a reference to resolve what he calls jurisdictional issues.

Schneiderman has challenged previous efforts by the Trump administration to change environmental regulations, part of a multi-state legal challenge to preserve the Obama - era rules.

Under the previous president, Barack Obama, the U.S. used environmental rules to encourage the closing or costly upgrade of coal plants because burning the fuel emits almost twice as much carbon dioxide as natural gas and 28 percent more pollutants than heating oil.