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SomeMichGuy · M
Good
akindheart · 70-79, F
i am going there at the end of march. i will let you know what i hear
RedBaron · M
And Amazon stock is up nicely this year.
Picklebobble2 · 56-60, M
Good start but it would require a decade or more equal the damage already done
Reason10 · 70-79, M
HALF the earth's oxygen comes from the oceans. Nobody is logging them.
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G7J2O · M
@Reason10 Yes, there are more trees IN THE UNITED STATES. I actually said this, (
You have also just proved my point that you believe that America is the world, and that nothing of relevance exists outside it.
In Europe and the US tree coverage has increased, but not elsewhere
) but you clearly can't read.You have also just proved my point that you believe that America is the world, and that nothing of relevance exists outside it.
G7J2O · M
@Reason10 Proof? Here you go. Straight from government records, courts, and wire services. No CNN. No The View.
1. PRESIDENT TRUMP repealed the Clean Water Rule (2015)
That rule protected streams and wetlands that feed drinking-water supplies for ~117 million Americans.
PRESIDENT TRUMP replaced it with the Navigable Waters Protection Rule, which removed federal protection from millions of acres of wetlands and thousands of miles of streams.
Result: More pollution legally allowed upstream of rivers and lakes.
Sources: EPA Federal Register; U.S. Army Corps of Engineers; Associated Press.
2. Courts blocked PRESIDENT TRUMP’s water rule because it increased pollution risk.
Federal courts ruled the Trump EPA rule was “fundamentally flawed” and would cause irreparable harm to waterways.
Source: U.S. District Courts (CO & AZ); Reuters reporting.
3. PRESIDENT TRUMP's EPA weakened Clean Water Act enforcement
The administration cut inspections and penalties for water polluters, leading to more violations going unpunished.
Result: Higher risk of illegal discharges into rivers and lakes.
Source: EPA enforcement data; Government Accountability Office (GAO); Reuters.
4. Coal ash rules were loosened under PRESIDENT TRUMP
PRESIDENT TRUMP’s EPA allowed unlined coal-ash pits to keep operating, even though coal ash contains arsenic, mercury, and lead that leach into groundwater and nearby waterways.
Source: EPA rulemakings; U.S. Court of Appeals (D.C. Circuit); AP News.
5. PRESIDENT TRUMP's EPA tried to fast-track mining projects threatening major watersheds, including the Pebble Mine proposal near Alaska’s Bristol Bay, home to one of the world’s largest salmon fisheries.
Source: EPA records; U.S. Army Corps of Engineers; Scientific American; AP.
6. EPA scientists and water-research staff were sidelined or ignored
PRESIDENT TRUMP's officials restricted EPA scientists from using peer-reviewed studies when setting pollution limits, including water standards.
Source: EPA Inspector General; Nature; Union of Concerned Scientists.
Inconvenient truth:
PRESIDENT TRUMP didn’t have to dump sludge in a river himself. He removed protections, weakened enforcement, ignored science, and courts repeatedly said it would harm waterways.
That’s not opinion, mate.
That’s law, data, and court rulings.
PRESIDENT TRUMP has done MANY THINGS with the EPA that have harmed waterways in America, perhaps irrevocably. You made good progress with the EPA. Now PRESIDENT TRUMP has ruined it.
Deal with it.
1. PRESIDENT TRUMP repealed the Clean Water Rule (2015)
That rule protected streams and wetlands that feed drinking-water supplies for ~117 million Americans.
PRESIDENT TRUMP replaced it with the Navigable Waters Protection Rule, which removed federal protection from millions of acres of wetlands and thousands of miles of streams.
Result: More pollution legally allowed upstream of rivers and lakes.
Sources: EPA Federal Register; U.S. Army Corps of Engineers; Associated Press.
2. Courts blocked PRESIDENT TRUMP’s water rule because it increased pollution risk.
Federal courts ruled the Trump EPA rule was “fundamentally flawed” and would cause irreparable harm to waterways.
Source: U.S. District Courts (CO & AZ); Reuters reporting.
3. PRESIDENT TRUMP's EPA weakened Clean Water Act enforcement
The administration cut inspections and penalties for water polluters, leading to more violations going unpunished.
Result: Higher risk of illegal discharges into rivers and lakes.
Source: EPA enforcement data; Government Accountability Office (GAO); Reuters.
4. Coal ash rules were loosened under PRESIDENT TRUMP
PRESIDENT TRUMP’s EPA allowed unlined coal-ash pits to keep operating, even though coal ash contains arsenic, mercury, and lead that leach into groundwater and nearby waterways.
Source: EPA rulemakings; U.S. Court of Appeals (D.C. Circuit); AP News.
5. PRESIDENT TRUMP's EPA tried to fast-track mining projects threatening major watersheds, including the Pebble Mine proposal near Alaska’s Bristol Bay, home to one of the world’s largest salmon fisheries.
Source: EPA records; U.S. Army Corps of Engineers; Scientific American; AP.
6. EPA scientists and water-research staff were sidelined or ignored
PRESIDENT TRUMP's officials restricted EPA scientists from using peer-reviewed studies when setting pollution limits, including water standards.
Source: EPA Inspector General; Nature; Union of Concerned Scientists.
Inconvenient truth:
PRESIDENT TRUMP didn’t have to dump sludge in a river himself. He removed protections, weakened enforcement, ignored science, and courts repeatedly said it would harm waterways.
That’s not opinion, mate.
That’s law, data, and court rulings.
PRESIDENT TRUMP has done MANY THINGS with the EPA that have harmed waterways in America, perhaps irrevocably. You made good progress with the EPA. Now PRESIDENT TRUMP has ruined it.
Deal with it.