Re: POTUS: 45.37: The Earth is Flat and the Babies Are Crying
Re EPA policies under Trump/Pruitt:
Ever notice that Trump would praise Pruitt for achieving "record numbers" of regulation rollbacks and for eliminating "job killing regulations," but he'd never stepped up to take responsibility or credit for specific EPA actions taken. Then again, why draw attention to
-Allowing coal companies to dump mining waste into streams
-Cancelling a requirement for oil and gas companies to report methane emissions.
-Putting on hold rules aimed at cutting methane emissions from landfills.
-Rescinding water pollution regulations for fracking on federal and Indian lands.
-Proposing changes to weaken regulations for oil well control and blowout prevention systems implemented after the 2010 Deepwater Horizon explosion and oil spill
-Proposing elimination of two programs limiting children’s exposure to lead paint,
-Rejecting a proposed ban on a potentially harmful (to children) pesticide, chlorpyrifos after its manufacturer, Dow, donated $1 million to Trump's inauguration fund.
The rest of the oil, gas, coal and chemical industries' punch lists:
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2017/10/05/climate/trump-environment-rules-reversed.html