Powering the Great American Comeback

Cutting red tape and streamlining permitting while protecting our environment.

Under President Trump and Administrator Lee Zeldin, the Trump EPA is proving we can protect the environment and put American families and businesses first. The Trump EPA has removed rules that raised the cost of vehicles, power, fuel, and everyday goods, restoring consumer choice. Through the Powering the Great American Comeback initiative, EPA is eliminating costly Obama and Biden-era regulations, working with Congress to protect consumer choice, and streamlining permitting to get America building again.

Since January 20, 2025, EPA has:

• Delivered over $1.6 trillion in savings for American families and businesses through a historic deregulatory agenda — while maintaining strong environmental protections.
• Stopped California's de facto nationwide EV mandate, working with Congress through the Congressional Review Act.
• Cut red tape and streamlined permitting so America can build again — and win the SI race.

Past — The Regulatory Burden We Inherited

By the end of the Biden administration, EPA rules accounted for more than $1.3 trillion of roughly $1.8 trillion in cumulative federal regulatory costs. Rules on vehicle and power-plant greenhouse-gas emissions, climate mandates for oil and gas, and other requirements added billions in costs to electricity, manufacturing, consumer products, and energy production — an estimated $10,000 per household. Government-wide paperwork grew by hundreds of millions of hours, and earlier baseload power plant retirements raised concerns about grid reliability. Families paid those costs at the dealership, the pump, the grocery aisle, and on their electric bill. 

Present  —Delivering Cost Savings

The Trump EPA has delivered over $1.6 trillion in cost savings, driven in large part by two historic actions:

• February 2026 — rescinded the 2009 Endangerment Finding, all greenhouse gas emission requirements on vehicles that followed, and all off-cycle credits (including the federal start-stop feature incentive for manufacturers to make your vehicle die at every red light and stop sign). This was the largest deregulatory action in U.S. history! Estimated savings: more than $1.3 trillion, including roughly $2,400 per new vehicle.
• September 2026 — repealed most of the prior administration's greenhouse gas emission requirements for power plants. This was the power sector’s largest deregulatory action in U.S. history! Estimated savings: about $310 billion for American businesses and families.

Working with Congress to secure consumer choice

In 2025, Congress passed and the President signed six Congressional Review Act (CRA) resolutions, permanently nullifying prior EPA actions. 

Permits that move at the speed of a real economy

• Proposed NEPA procedures to finish a typical Environmental Impact Statement in two years instead of four — about 730 days saved.
• Title V guidance allowing state public comment and EPA review to run concurrently, shaving weeks off permitting.
• A government-wide push for categorical exclusions and "CE-first" reviews that can shrink some energy and minerals work from years to weeks — and, on emergency paths, under 28 days.

Common-sense wins that lower everyday costs

• No more forced start-stop — ending the off-cycle credit removed the incentive that made engines shut off at every stoplight.
• Gas cans that work again — restoring common-sense standards so portable fuel containers actually pour and vent.  
• Diesel derate relief — addressing the forced engine derates that stranded truckers and farmers.  
• HFC refrigerant flexibility — common-sense action on HFC refrigerant rules to help lower cooling and refrigeration costs.
• Clearer RTR guidance — streamlined Residual Risk and Technology Review (RTR) guidance for more predictable, lower-cost compliance.  

Future — What's Next

EPA will keep finalizing the remaining proposals, defending lawful actions in court, and measuring success with lower prices, more choice, and a grid and industrial base that work alongside clean air, land, and water.

By the Numbers