2018/01/01 by David M. Konisky, David M Konisky, Neal D. Woods +1 · 47 citations
Economics, Econometrics and Finance · Social Sciences · #Administration (probate law) #Environmental Justice and Health Disparities #Environmental planning #Environmental policy #Federalism #Geography #Law #Legal and Constitutional Studies #Policy Transfer and Learning #Political science #Politics #Presidency #Presidential system #Public administration
paper · pdf · doi:10.1093/publius/pjy009
published in Publius The Journal of Federalism 48(3), 345-371 (Oxford University Press)
openalex publication_date 2018/01/01 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/25
President Trump has embarked on an ambitious and far-reaching attempt to reshape American environmental policy. In regard to climate change, water quality, and other areas, his administration’s actions constitute an attempt to roll back existing environmental protections and to recalibrate American environmental federalism. These actions largely represent a continuation of the practice of presidential reliance on the tools of the administrative presidency that has shaped U.S. environmental policy over the past forty years, although the Trump Administration has employed these tools in an especially aggressive fashion. Because changing public policy through administrative means is a time-consuming process that invites legal challenge, the full implications of these efforts will not be known for several years.