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Exactly what environmental protection is Trump rolling back?

RandVal30142 9y ago
Restrictions on coal fired power plants is the first that comes to mind: https://www.cbsnews.com/news/trumps-epa-to-ease-emissions-restrictions/ https://www.cbsnews.com/news/trumps-epa-to-ease-emissions-re... Would you like more? edit: No? One example was enough? But I had so much more. :(
- adventured 9y ago
  I'd like a lot more examples. I'd also like a concise description that indicates how the changes will roll the US back to the intense pollution problems that existed 30+ years ago. The example you reference is modifying rules put in place just a few years ago, so at best it's an obviously mediocre example.
  - RandVal30142 9y ago
    >I'd also like a concise description that indicates how the changes will roll the US back to the intense pollution problems that existed 30+ years ago. Why would I alter my comment to be in tune with what you want when I was responding to this: >Exactly what environmental protection is Trump rolling back?
    - adventured 9y ago
      You said you had a lot more examples to provide, you pretended that nobody wanted them. I do. So let's have all those examples. I asked for a concise description, I didn't ask you to modify your comment. Surely the environmental protection roll-backs will cause pollution problems (even if it's not of the scale that existed 30+ years ago). If it's too much to ask that you explain how your examples will cause meaningful environmental damage, and you don't want to provide such an elaboration, I understand.
      - RandVal30142 9y ago
        > you pretended that nobody wanted them Who was I commenting to? You or the user whose post my comment showed up under? > So let's have all those examples But that is not what you asked for. Try again, smarter not harder.
megy 9y ago
> The Trump administration plans to try to repeal the Clean Power Plan, the Obama administration’s main initiative to fight climate change by lowering emissions, according to news reports. The first line of the article.
- barney54 9y ago
  The Clean Power Plan is designed to reduce carbon dioxide emissions. CO2 emissions have climate impacts, but don't cause the dirty air like in these photos.
  - mixmastamyk 9y ago
    They go together.
- DrScump 9y ago
  The Clean Power Plan was only published at the end of Obama's 8th year and never took effect. Most people use the term "roll back" to refer to a reversal of something that was actually put into effect.
greeneggs 9y ago
Here is a quick summary article: "52 Environmental Rules on the Way Out Under Trump" https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2017/10/05/climate/trump-environment-rules-reversed.html https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2017/10/05/climate/trump... The article also has concise descriptions of each change. Here are a few (without the concise descriptions): (Overturned) 3. Lifted a freeze on new coal leases on public lands 4. Canceled a requirement for oil and gas companies to report methane emissions 5. Revoked a rule that prevented coal companies from dumping mining debris into local streams 12. Repealed an Obama-era rule regulating royalties for oil, gas and coal 13. Withdrew guidance for federal agencies to include greenhouse gas emissions in environmental reviews 14. Relaxed the environmental review process for federal infrastructure projects 15. Announced intent to stop payments to the Green Climate Fund 22. Revoked directive for federal agencies to mitigate the environmental impacts of projects they approve 23. Directed agencies to stop using an Obama-era calculation of the “social cost of carbon” (In progress) 26. Proposed repeal and replacement of the Clean Power Plan 27. Announced intent to withdraw the United States from the Paris climate agreement 28. Proposed rescinding a rule that protected tributaries and wetlands under the Clean Water Act 29. Reopened a review of fuel-efficiency standards for cars and trucks 32. Reviewing limits on toxic discharge from power plants into public waterways 33. Reviewing rules regulating coal ash waste from power plants 34. Reviewing emissions standards for new, modified and reconstructed power plants 35. Reviewing emissions rules for power plant start-ups, shutdowns and malfunctions 37. Announced plans to rescind water pollution regulations for fracking on federal and Indian lands (In limbo) 45. Reviewing a rule limiting methane emissions at new oil and gas drilling sites 46. Put on hold rules aimed at cutting methane emissions from landfills 47. Proposed delay of rule limiting methane emissions on public lands 48. Delayed a lawsuit over a rule regulating airborne mercury emissions from power plants 51. Delayed compliance dates for federal building efficiency standards (Changes reinstated after legal challenges) 1. Delayed by one year a compliance deadline for new ozone pollution standards, but later reversed course 2. Delayed publishing efficiency standards for household appliances 3. Reinstated rule limiting the discharge of mercury by dental offices into municipal sewers

Restrictions on coal fired power plants is the first that comes to mind: https://www.cbsnews.com/news/trumps-epa-to-ease-emissions-restrictions/ https://www.cbsnews.com/news/trumps-epa-to-ease-emissions-re... Would you like more? edit: No? One example was enough? But I had so much more. :(

adventured 9y ago
I'd like a lot more examples. I'd also like a concise description that indicates how the changes will roll the US back to the intense pollution problems that existed 30+ years ago. The example you reference is modifying rules put in place just a few years ago, so at best it's an obviously mediocre example.
- RandVal30142 9y ago
  >I'd also like a concise description that indicates how the changes will roll the US back to the intense pollution problems that existed 30+ years ago. Why would I alter my comment to be in tune with what you want when I was responding to this: >Exactly what environmental protection is Trump rolling back?
  - adventured 9y ago
    You said you had a lot more examples to provide, you pretended that nobody wanted them. I do. So let's have all those examples. I asked for a concise description, I didn't ask you to modify your comment. Surely the environmental protection roll-backs will cause pollution problems (even if it's not of the scale that existed 30+ years ago). If it's too much to ask that you explain how your examples will cause meaningful environmental damage, and you don't want to provide such an elaboration, I understand.
    - RandVal30142 9y ago
      > you pretended that nobody wanted them Who was I commenting to? You or the user whose post my comment showed up under? > So let's have all those examples But that is not what you asked for. Try again, smarter not harder.

megy 9y ago

> The Trump administration plans to try to repeal the Clean Power Plan, the Obama administration’s main initiative to fight climate change by lowering emissions, according to news reports. The first line of the article.

barney54 9y ago
The Clean Power Plan is designed to reduce carbon dioxide emissions. CO2 emissions have climate impacts, but don't cause the dirty air like in these photos.
- mixmastamyk 9y ago
  They go together.
DrScump 9y ago
The Clean Power Plan was only published at the end of Obama's 8th year and never took effect. Most people use the term "roll back" to refer to a reversal of something that was actually put into effect.

greeneggs 9y ago

Here is a quick summary article: "52 Environmental Rules on the Way Out Under Trump" https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2017/10/05/climate/trump-environment-rules-reversed.html https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2017/10/05/climate/trump... The article also has concise descriptions of each change. Here are a few (without the concise descriptions): (Overturned) 3. Lifted a freeze on new coal leases on public lands 4. Canceled a requirement for oil and gas companies to report methane emissions 5. Revoked a rule that prevented coal companies from dumping mining debris into local streams 12. Repealed an Obama-era rule regulating royalties for oil, gas and coal 13. Withdrew guidance for federal agencies to include greenhouse gas emissions in environmental reviews 14. Relaxed the environmental review process for federal infrastructure projects 15. Announced intent to stop payments to the Green Climate Fund 22. Revoked directive for federal agencies to mitigate the environmental impacts of projects they approve 23. Directed agencies to stop using an Obama-era calculation of the “social cost of carbon” (In progress) 26. Proposed repeal and replacement of the Clean Power Plan 27. Announced intent to withdraw the United States from the Paris climate agreement 28. Proposed rescinding a rule that protected tributaries and wetlands under the Clean Water Act 29. Reopened a review of fuel-efficiency standards for cars and trucks 32. Reviewing limits on toxic discharge from power plants into public waterways 33. Reviewing rules regulating coal ash waste from power plants 34. Reviewing emissions standards for new, modified and reconstructed power plants 35. Reviewing emissions rules for power plant start-ups, shutdowns and malfunctions 37. Announced plans to rescind water pollution regulations for fracking on federal and Indian lands (In limbo) 45. Reviewing a rule limiting methane emissions at new oil and gas drilling sites 46. Put on hold rules aimed at cutting methane emissions from landfills 47. Proposed delay of rule limiting methane emissions on public lands 48. Delayed a lawsuit over a rule regulating airborne mercury emissions from power plants 51. Delayed compliance dates for federal building efficiency standards (Changes reinstated after legal challenges) 1. Delayed by one year a compliance deadline for new ozone pollution standards, but later reversed course 2. Delayed publishing efficiency standards for household appliances 3. Reinstated rule limiting the discharge of mercury by dental offices into municipal sewers