President Trump is expected to sign an executive order reversing environmental protections for American waterways introduced by President Obama, according to documents seen by The New York Times. The order will essentially give Mr. Trump a megaphone to direct his new Environmental Protection Agency administrator, Scott Pruitt, to begin the complicated legal process of rewriting the sweeping 2015 rule known as Waters of the United States. The order will enable new Environmental Protection Agency administrator Scott Pruitt to begin rolling back the 2015 rule, which awards the federal government the power to limit pollution in large bodies of water and their surrounding streams and wetlands. Mr. Trump’s move comes as he has been under fire from environmentalists who say his administration is moving too slowly on climate change.
President Trump is expected to sign an executive order reversing environmental protections for American waterways introduced by President Obama, according to documents seen by The New York Times. The order will enable new Environmental Protection Agency administrator Scott Pruitt to begin rolling back the 2015 rule, which awards the federal government the power to limit pollution in large bodies of water and their surrounding streams and wetlands. Mr. Trump’s move comes as he has been under fire from environmentalists who say his administration is moving too slowly on climate change.