Conservationists sue Trump administration over rollback of green policies

Lawsuit focuses on day-one executive order claiming to unleash American energy' by boosting oil industry

Conservationists on Wednesday sued the Trump administration over its attempts to boost the oil industry by rolling back green policies.

Filed by the environmental non-profit Center for Biological Diversity, the litigation focuses on Trump's day-one unleashing American energy" executive order. In an effort to boost already booming US energy production, the emergency declaration directed federal agencies to identify all policies and regulations that unduly" burden fuel producers and create action plans" to weaken or remove them.