The anti-climate EPA

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POLITICS

• EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin announces he’ll target dozens of Biden administration climate and environmental regulations for reversal, including power plant emission and fossil fuel pollution rules — an endeavor that will take years, and willing courts, to complete. (Associated Press)

• Senate Environment Chair Shelley Moore Capito, a Republican, says it’ll be ​“complicated” to roll back the EPA’s endangerment finding, which allows the agency to regulate fossil fuels as a threat to public health. (E&E News)

• A judge questions whether the EPA can provide evidence of ​“abuse or fraud or bribery” surrounding the ​“green bank” grants Zeldin is trying to terminate. (Politico)

FOSSIL FUELS

• At CERAWeek, some oil and gas executives privately say they’re souring on President Trump as his trade wars drive up their costs. (Politico)

CLIMATE

• Bill Gates’ climate philanthropy group cuts dozens of its staffers working on public policy and partnerships with other organizations, after Gates reportedly decided the group was unlikely to make a dent in federal policy. (New York Times)

ELECTRIC VEHICLES

• Support for Tesla has shifted from climate-friendly liberals, who are now protesting the EV maker, to Trump backers. (E&E News)

• The Trump administration’s effort to roll back tailpipe emissions and EPA’s endangerment finding from 2009 could cause major disruptions to Michigan’s electric vehicle manufacturing transition, advocates say. (Bridge)

OFFSHORE WIND

• Federal challenges to offshore wind and shifting tides in state leadership’s commitment to wind are likely to delay New York’s ability to meet its renewable energy targets. (E&E News)

PIPELINES

• The developer of a multi-state carbon pipeline asks South Dakota regulators to halt its permit application indefinitely following a new state eminent domain law the company says prevents it from doing survey work. (Argus Leader)

GEOTHERMAL

• Advanced geothermal startup Fervo is reportedly eyeing an IPO as soon as next year. (Axios)