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Friday, January 24th, 2020

Trump Removes Pollution Controls on Streams and Wetlands

Author:     Coral Davenport
Source:     The New York Times
Publication Date:     Jan. 22, 2020
 Link: Trump Removes Pollution Controls on Streams and Wetlands
Stephan:   With impeachment placing all other stories to the side, this latest desecration by criminal Trump is not getting the response it should. Most people with whom I speak don't even seem to be aware it is happening. This is an awful trend.

Farmland abutting prairie potholes, a type of ephemeral wetland, in North Dakota.
Credit: Jim Brandenburg/Minden Pictures

WASHINGTON — The Trump administration on Thursday will finalize a rule to strip away environmental protections for streams, wetlands and other water bodies, handing a victory to farmers, fossil fuel producers and real estate developers who said Obama-era rules had shackled them with onerous and unnecessary burdens.

From Day 1 of his administration, President Trump vowed to repeal President Barack Obama’s “Waters of the United States” regulation, which had frustrated rural landowners. His new rule, which will be implemented in the coming weeks, is the latest step in the Trump administration’s push to repeal or weaken nearly 100 environmental rules and laws, loosening or eliminating rules on climate change, clean air, chemical pollution, coal mining, oil drilling and endangered species protections.

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2 Comments

  1. Rev. Dean on Friday, January 24, 2020 at 8:22 pm

    Trump’s actions are the most horrible and destructive things any president could ever do. He should be removed from office and his work all overturned and revert to more protection for what is left of our United States, if we can re-unite it.

  2. Will on Saturday, January 25, 2020 at 6:11 am

    Yes the ongoing destruction of our only home for fun and profit. You would think that our masters have another better place to retreat to after pillaging the earth.