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The article reports on the proposals for executive orders, memorandums, and other related actions from U.S. President Donald Trump. Topics discussed include an overview of the legal actions in the construction industry, the regulations on environmental benefits and worker protections, and the regulations on coal development.

The article reports on the proposal of the government agency Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to change the Obama-era-federal regulation for power plant coal-ash disposal enacted in 2015 after several major spills in the U.S. It states that the agency has published the first of two rule amendment aimed at saving more than 400 coal-fired plants nationwide. However, environmentalists expressed concern that the changes will allow states to set less stringent standards.

federal Appeals Court Judge rules that flooding from Katrina and other storms was a result of Corps construction, operation and maintenance. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The article presents the Clean Power Plan, a proposal of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) concerning the reduction of carbon emissions from existing powerplants released in June 2014. It discusses an overview of the plan that will set individual target reductions for each state by 2020 and 2030, lawsuits filed against the draft rule filed by twelve coal-dependent states on August 1, and significance of the proposal for renewable energy.