But that all began to fade with the advent of the Obama administration and President Barack Obama’s oft-stated desire to “transform this country.” The radical climate agenda implemented in 2009 and expanded upon during the Joe Biden years helped produce voter backlashes in both 2016 and 2024, leading to the back-and-forth regulatory tug-of-war with both Trump presidencies. The net result is that it is harder today to attract capital to any energy-related project in the U.S. than it had been prior to 2009, and the challenges of properly planning future projects and investments have, to no one’s surprise, expanded apace. Today, the EPA under Administrator Lee Zeldin is working to rescind the Obama endangerment finding in response to an executive order signed by Trump, an action that would create the predicate for an even more radical regulatory shift and the rescission of dozens of Obama and Biden rules.
Author: David Blackmon
Published at: 2025-10-11 20:34:57
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