March 3, 2017

Donald Trump’s Assault On Clean Water Laws Has Already Begun

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/trump-stream-protection-rule-clean-water_us_58add04ee4b03d80af717914?evakpx0fuz6m3g14i
"Last week, Trump signed a resolution that voided the Stream Protection Rule, a Department of the Interior regulation finalized during the Obama administration. The rule would have required coal mining companies to avoid practices that pollute streams and threaten drinking water supplies, monitor and report any pollution, and return waterways to their previous condition after mining operations are completed. Both the Senate and House voted in favor of it. On the heels of the confirmation of new Environmental Protection Agency administrator Scott Pruitt, Trump is now expected to take executive action this week to undo the EPA’s Clean Water Rule."