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Trump Has Repealed These 7 Pieces Of Obama’s Environmental Legacy
1. Stopping The Clean Power Plan
Trump ordered the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to revisit Obama’s CPP. Rolling back these rules and regulations should get the U.S. closer to energy independence and spur job growth
2. Changing How The Government Interprets The National Environmental Policy Act
An executive order issued by Trump this week simplified a complex environmental permitting process implemented under Obama. The shift alters how the federal government interprets the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) to make it easier for companies, individuals and government entities to get environmental permits.
3. Removing Strict Coal Mining Regulations
Trump has already rolled back the Department of Interior’s Stream Protection Rule which was rushed onto the books shortly before Obama left office.
4. EPA Denying Green Requests To Have Agency Ban Major Pesticide
Trump-appointed EPA administrator Scott Pruitt formally rejected a petition to ban a pesticide called chlorpyrifos Wednesday, calling it crucial to U.S. agriculture.
During the Obama administration, heavy environmentalist pressure caused the EPA to consider banning chlorpyrifos over concerns that it contaminates drinking water and food. However, the EPA’s own analysis found that “there do not appear to be risks from exposure to chlorpyrifos in food.”
5. Simplifying How Public Lands Are Managed
Trump signed legislation Monday repealing the Bureau of Land Management’s (BLM) Planning 2.0 rule.
“The BLM Planning 2.0 rule would have layered on more redundant environmental analysis under the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA), resulting in more multi-year delays to projects”
6. Approving Keystone XL
The Trump administration approved the final stages of the Keystone XL oil pipeline earlier this month, only 16 months after the Obama administration rejected the project over concerns it would tarnish the U.S.’s environmentalist reputation.
7. Returning Environmental Regulation To The States
Trump signed legislation earlier this month repealing a major last minute Obama-era regulation limiting hunting and fishing in Alaska.
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) issued a rule towards the end of the Obama administration called “Non-Subsistence Take of Wildlife, and Public Participation and Closure Procedures, on National Wildlife Refuges (NWR) in Alaska.”
http://dailycaller.com/2017/04/01/trump-has-repealed-these-7-pieces-of-obamas-environmental-legacy/