Trump to revoke Obama-era flood risk building standards

[DonViejo]

Source: Reuters




AUGUST 15, 2017 / 12:55 PM / 17 MINUTES AGO

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump will revoke an Obama-era executive order on Tuesday that required strict building standards for government-funded projects to reduce exposure to increased flooding from sea level rise, sources said.

Trump will sign his own executive order this afternoon to revoke the standards as part of his administration's plan to "streamline the current process" for infrastructure projects, a government official said.

The Obama-era standard required that builders factor in scientific projections for how climate change could affect flooding in a certain area and how projects are constructed.

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Read more: http://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-infrastructure-idUSKCN1AV1ZI

[Mrs. Overall]

1. This:

[Doug the Dem]

2. Don't Forget Mar-A-Lago

Make sure it's freed from Obama's tyranny!

[KY_EnviroGuy]

14. The Flipper

You can bet he'll flip that place well before sea level rise endangers it.

[Vinca]

4. What could possibly go wrong?

[not fooled]

5. Oh, and then

of course he'll seek to cut funds for emergency response and disaster assistance after flooding occurs.

Makes sense to...no one.

[Blue_Tires]

6. He's trying to revoke every scrap of paper Obama signed

and damn the consequences...

The Hillary derangement crowd and other Dems who stayed home need to fucking own this...

[bluestarone]

7. yep and

with the rpubs blessings

[procon]

8. Right, let's spend money and resources to build some multimillion $$$

structure that will be in jeopardy of flooding that stems from climate changes. This is more about Trump's childish revenge against Obama, a better man than he will ever be.

Trump boasts that he is this great builder, but no one would be as irresponsible as he is to start construction in an area that will face flooding from sea level rise.

[Solly Mack]

9. K&R

The fool.

[Javaman]

10. i'm sure the right wing in miami loves this...

for now.

[nocalflea]

11. Saw this one coming.

The more unscrupulous developers have been fighting against climate change designations and regulations for years. God save the uninformed from the greedy.

[BigmanPigman]

12. ...and the rich get richer. Better stock up on inflatable boats.

[KY_EnviroGuy]

13. These issues need to be up front

IMHO, these back-door under the table well hidden de-regulation events should be headlined on all progressive web sites every day, displayed on a bright red banner at the top. If we don't start paying adequate attention to these issues, the repugs will destroy decades of hard work highly beneficial to our public by the EPA, Dept. of Labor, and most all other Federal agencies. We will notice that almost all impact from de-regulation will be on the poor, although everyone will suffer long-term from diminished food safety, gradually worsening water and air quality, and reduced safety and justice at our jobs.

I'm also hoping someone can start a web site that does nothing but list the tRump administration's de-regulatory efforts, with each event showing why a regulation was originally worth while, and the estimated impacts of reducing or eliminating any existing regulation.

[turbinetree]

15. SO this idiot and he is a f*cking idiot, so since he took out his f*cking pen

and having the Chowhound and the Munchkin standing there with sh*t eating grins on there faces thinking this is what we just did:

"Obama required all federal agencies apply the standard to public infrastructure projects from housing to highways.

It raised base flood levels to a higher vertical elevation to "address current and future flood risk and ensure that projects funded with taxpayer dollars last as long as intended," according to a 2015 Treasury Department presentation on the order. U.S. officials have estimated that the United States suffered $260 billion in flood related damages between 1980 and 2013.

Rafael Lemaitre, former director of public affairs at FEMA who worked on the Obama-era order, said Trump is undoing "the most significant action taken in a generation" to safeguard U.S. infrastructure.

"Eliminating this requirement is self-defeating; we can either build smarter now, or put taxpayers on the hook to pay exponentially more when it floods. And it will," he said."


So when zippy the clown and his clowns watched this, did they think for one minute about Norfolk Virginia Naval base?

I don't think so...........................

[truthisfreedom]

16. "Screw the grandchildren. I'll be dead by then."