Trump administration to relax Obama-era water protections

[left-of-center2012]

The Trump administration is set to reduce the number of federally regulated waterways protected under the U.S. Clean Water Act in a bid to help the energy and agriculture industries, according to a media report on Friday.

The Environmental Protection Agency will propose altering the definition of what qualifies as “Waters of the United States”.

The change could open the door to added pollution in some water bodies from industries including oil drilling, mining, and agriculture by removing them from federal oversight.

Since taking office in January 2017, President Donald Trump has rolled back Obama-era environmental and climate protections to maximize production of domestic fossil fuels, including crude oil.

https://www.rawstory.com/2018/12/trump-administration-set-relax-obama-era-water-protections/

[Eliot Rosewater]

1. NO good fucking traitor

[mr_lebowski]

2. Because of course it is ... (nt)

[Totally Tunsie]

3. tRump's definition

of "relax":

verb:
remove
eliminate
abolish
destroy
de-Obamaize

[Hav]

4. What could go wrong?

It must have been ages that there had been a scandal because of poor water quality...
But I suppose that is how one could "fix" Flint.

[gtar100]

5. "Relax"? Talk about subtle propaganda.

How about "remove" or "stop", Mr. article writer.

Fucking media jackasses.

[Corgigal]

6. How much did Trump get paid for this?

You got to pay him to do anything. While he loves the Opposite Day on Obama, you still got to put cash in his pocket.

[torius]

7. It's as if he wants people to get sick

and die. As long as he makes sure they/we don’t have health insurance, it will not cost anything to let us sicken, and death really saves money.