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Government,
Environmental & Energy,
Administrative/Regulatory

Mar. 5, 2020

For every complex question, there is an easy answer – and it is wrong

Policy announcements are frequently no more than applause lines. The Trump administration is particularly prone to policy announcements unbacked by substantive analysis, which can only be understood as politically motived action.

Gerald George

Partner
Davis Wright Tremaine LLP

Email: GeraldGeorge@dwt.com

Gerald is an environmental partner in the firm's San Francisco office. He has practiced environmental law for 30 years, including as head of the U.S. Department of Justice Environmental Enforcement Section field office in San Francisco.

Policy announcements are frequently no more than applause lines. The Trump administration is particularly prone to policy announcements unbacked by substantive analysis, which can only be understood as politically motived action. See its recent forays into revoking a ban on energy inefficient lightbulbs and diverting more water for farmers in California ("you'll be able to do things you never thought possible"), and its more aesthetic effort to dictate federal buildin...

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