debeda wrote:
Wrong. Cleaner air and water came slowly FROM the efforts of the EPA between the 70s and early 2000s. Obama really had nothing to do with it
They began there but Obama really vamped it up, unfortunately, Trump not only did away with what Obama did but dismantled many of the original protections you were just speaking of, look it up, its the truth.
85 Environmental Rules Being
Rolled Back Under Trump
By NADJA POPOVICH, LIVIA ALBECK-RIPKA and KENDRA PIERRE-LOUIS UPDATED Sept. 12, 2019
President Trump has made eliminating federal regulations a priority. His administration, with help from Republicans in Congress, has often targeted environmental rules it sees as burdensome to the fossil fuel industry and other big businesses.
A New York Times analysis, based on research from Harvard Law School, Columbia Law School and other sources, counts more than 80 environmental rules and regulations on the way out under Mr. Trump.
Our list represents two types of policy changes: rules that were officially reversed and rollbacks still in progress. The Trump administration has released an aggressive schedule to try to finalize many of these rollbacks this year.
53... rollbacks completed, 32...rollbacks in process, 85... total rollbacks
Air pollution and emissions 10-rollback completed 14-rollback in process 24-total rollbacks
Drilling and extraction ... 9- RC 9- RP 18-Total
Infrastructure and planning... 12-RC 1-RP 13-Total
Animals... 9-RC 1-RP 10-Total
Toxic substances and safety... 4-RC 1-RP 5-Total
Water pollution... 5-RC 2-RP 7-Total
Other... 4-RC 4-RP 8-Total
The Trump administration has often used a “one-two punch” when rolling back environmental rules, said Caitlin McCoy, a fellow in the Environmental and Energy Law Program at Harvard Law School who tracks regulatory rollbacks. “First a delay rule to buy some time, and then a final substantive rule.”
Who's wrong?