WASHINGTON - The Trump administration on Thursday announced repeal of an Obama-era regulation that had expanded pollution protections for waterways such as wetlands and shallow streams, but that farmers, miners and manufacturers decried as overreach.
“Today’s Step 1 action fulfills a key promise of President Trump and sets the stage for Step 2 – a new WOTUS definition that will provide greater regulatory certainty for farmers, landowners, home builders and developers nationwide,” Wheeler said in a statement. President Barack Obama’s Waters of the United States rule had defined which streams and wetlands are protected by the 1972 Clean Water Act from pollutants including pesticides, fertilizers and mine waste. Farmers and industry groups had said the rule went too far, impeding their operations by extending restrictions to small, un-navigable waters.
Environmental groups have said the Obama rule was necessary to protect drinking water sources at risk from agri-business and industry.
because everyone knows that those annoying migratory birds like geese, ducks and others sound like windmills and any stable genius also knows that windmills cause cancer and only serve to ruin the price of the wonderful golf courses! In case of doubt that was sarcasm!
This regulation was idiotic because it wanted to regulate ponds and puddles.
Agricultural run off does not result in crystal clear water. Farmers don’t fertilize with crystals,
that is not an honest assessment. It claimed federal rules over private property if it had any pooled water on it at any time of the year, meaning if you put a small pond in your backyard, suddenly you needed permission from Feds to do anything with it.
I guess you kiss fishing good bye (and clean water)
This will be the future under Trump. Oil in the water.
This will be the USA in 10 years (or less).
As a 🇨🇦that lives on a major river that flows from the USA into 🇨🇦I am furious.
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Good! Puddles are not waters of the state.
Fraudulent real estate investor & his Vulture Capitalist buddies sold out the USA for global real estate empires, luxury Anbang skyscrapers, & Yuan-oil-gold greed. Guess where the toxic cheap labor factories are going that are getting kicked out of China?
what is wrong with this man realDonaldTrump
isn't that going green?....
He’s always on the wrong side everything. Every damn time
Wtf is wrong with this administration? Is money that important to them that they have a complete disregard for the damage this is going to do!
Idiots...
Trump is like a Captain Planet TV show villain, I swear.
Just getting better and better. He's trying to kill us ALL.
Then water will be the new money and we will all be fighting for it. I think I saw this in a sci-fi movie. The rich can keep their own water clean, the rest of us will have to fend for ourselves. It’s all part of his master plan to destroy the most vulnerable.
This is OUTRAGEOUS!!!!!! If regulations to protect & keep water clean are burdensome to a company or industry they MUST find ways 2 improve their methods of pollution b4 building, expanding, etc. WHY would ANY LAWMAKER or COMPANY ever think it’s ok to TRASH OUR RESOURCES & ENVMT?
Gastrointestinal industry?.
Because, you know, Fvck the health of Americans when you need to make a buck
Every living being needs water, do the math? Protection cuts will cost the country beyond trillions for a gain of? CEO gets another bonus for failing to predict instant global communications effect on business?
I live on Lake Erie. It is greener than an unripened avocado and we’ve been advised to keep our dogs out of the water or they could die from the sludge. This outta make it so much better, you planet killing asshats.
'Trump EPA repeals Obama-era water protections to boost industry' 'boost industry' Lead tastes good👍 So drink up!
Stifling when the USA spend more tax money plus then ever yet research funding was cut! Now you want to poison a resource humans need more than food, while having trouble with supply demands as it is.....Death Dealer!
Trump is a disaster.
Idiot