Courts will slow Trump's push for energy deregulation

Significance The Trump administration has targeted rules and regulations implemented by former President Barack Obama's government on the environment and climate change as he looks to boost the US fossil fuel industry. The White House has sought to expand offshore oil drilling, revoke the Clean Power Plan, cut environmental rules for coal producers and reduce fuel efficiency standards. Impacts Pro-extraction EPA aides will push Administrator Scott Pruitt’s deregulatory agenda despite his recusal from certain cases. Companies developing pipeline and liquefied natural gas export projects are likely to see faster approvals under the Trump administration. Reopening offshore drilling areas could benefit offshore seismic imaging companies, which is the first step to exploring frontier regions. Republican ideological opposition to federal regulation will foil any attempt to implement a market-friendly carbon pricing scheme.

Slow pace will limit US energy deregulation impact

Headline UNITED STATES: Energy deregulation will prove slow

The rise and collapse of Enron: financial innovation, errors and lessons

<p>Recent collapses of high profile business failures like Enron, Worldcom, Parmlat, and Tyco has been a subject of great debate among regulators, investors, government and academics in the recent past. Enron´s case was the greatest failure in the history of American capitalism and had a major impact on financial markets by causing significant losses to investors. Enron was a company ranked by fortune as the most innovative company in the United States; it exemplified the transition from the production to the knowledge economy. Many lessons can we learn from its collapse. In this paper we present an analysis of the factors that contributed to Enron´s rise and failure, underlying the role that energy deregulation and manipulation of financial stat.</p>