Trump announces overhaul of landmark environmental and climate rules

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CNN By Maegan Vazquez, Betsy Klein, Veronica Stracqualursi and Dan Berman, 1/9/2020

The Trump administration plans to rewrite decades-old regulations to make it easier to build major infrastructure such as pipelines, which would have the effect of relaxing government efforts to fight the climate crisis.

President Donald Trump announced Thursday morning the changes to National Environmental Policy Act rules, which requires federal agencies to assess the environmental impact of projects such as the construction of mines, highways, water infrastructure and gas pipelines.

Trump and administration officials said the changes are necessary to speed up approval for needed infrastructure projects.

More: https://www.cnn.com/2020/01/09/politics/trump-proposal-national-environmental-policy-act/index.html

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https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2020/jan/9/donald-trump-proposes-sweeping-rewrite-environment/

'Get something built': Trump proposes sweeping rewrite of environmental-impact rules
Says 'third-world' delays are embarrassing, prevent American progress

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times - Thursday, January 9, 2020

Environmental red tape and Byzantine permit rules are making it impossible to build in the U.S., President Trump said Thursday in proposing a sweeping regulatory rewrite that would speed up federal approval of bridges, highways, pipelines and other major projects.

The bold move, however, rankled environmentalists and invited legal challenges that would delay the envisioned fast-track approvals.

Flanked by workers in hardhats and construction vests, the president said he was returning America to a time when massive projects were approved and built lickety-split, putting an end to the current bureaucratic regimen that can drag on for decades.

“I’ve been talking about it for a long time, where it takes many, many years to get something built, get something done,” Mr. Trump said in the White House’s Roosevelt Room. “The builders are not happy, nobody’s happy. It takes 20 years, it takes 30 years, it takes numbers that nobody would even believe.”

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Really the direct opposite of Obama's "You didn't build this" isn't it?