You often hear it said that serious environmental regulations only get passed in good economic times.
He was far better known for his work fighting environmental regulations.
The agreement, however, does not free the company from environmental regulations.
Officials did not offer a figure on the amount of land that could be developed free from environmental regulations.
Good environmental regulations have created thousands of green jobs over the last ten years.
Still, even some groups often critical of environmental regulations said the speech would cause trouble for the administration at home.
"The cost of environmental regulation is as big if not bigger than the education issue," he said.
The new rules would set the state even further apart from the federal government on environmental regulations.
It is now a leader in environmental regulation and planning.
This is the party that wants to remove all health and environmental regulations.