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General Category => Science, Technology and Knowledge => Energy => Topic started by: Elderberry on January 12, 2020, 02:24:04 pm

Title: Trump Is Completely Remaking A Law Enviros Often Use To Stymie Oil Pipeline Construction
Post by: Elderberry on January 12, 2020, 02:24:04 pm

Daily Caller by Chris White 1/9/2020

President Donald Trump announced Thursday his plans to dramatically change an environmental law activist groups and their attorneys often use to wrap oil projects in years of bureaucratic red tape.

Trump plans to exempt privately funded projects from undergoing environmental reviews, a significant change that would make building mines and pipelines much easier, The Washington Post reported. Energy producers are cheering the move.

“America is a nation of builders,” the president said at the White House while explaining his decision.

“Yet today it can take more than 10 years to get a permit to build a simple road,” he said. “It’s big government at its absolute worst.”

More: https://dailycaller.com/2020/01/09/trump-remaking-law-oil-pipeline-construction/ (https://dailycaller.com/2020/01/09/trump-remaking-law-oil-pipeline-construction/)

Title: Re: Trump Is Completely Remaking A Law Enviros Often Use To Stymie Oil Pipeline Construction
Post by: Cyber Liberty on January 12, 2020, 03:50:10 pm

Swell. Another batch of frivolous lawsuits.

Title: Re: Trump Is Completely Remaking A Law Enviros Often Use To Stymie Oil Pipeline Construction
Post by: Joe Wooten on January 12, 2020, 06:22:56 pm

I noticed 40 years ago that the main purpose of ALL environmental legislation and regulations is to provide employment for lawyers.