Trump executive order will aim to prevent states from blocking pipelines, energy infrastructure

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Source: cnbc.com



Updated Wed, Apr 10 2019 • 11:35 AM EDT

President Donald Trump will issue an executive order that aims to prevent states from blocking pipelines and other energy infrastructure by using authority granted to them under the Clean Water Act.

Senior administration officials on Tuesday previewed the action and several others, which are contained in two executive orders that Trump will sign during a trip to Texas on Wednesday. They are the latest in a series of executive orders by Trump meant to roll back energy regulations and promote fossil fuel development.

The new executive order represents a shot from the White House in the ongoing battle between beltway Republicans and Democratic governors opposed to fossil fuel developments in their states. It has been anticipated for nearly three months and is expected to be challenged in court.

The state powers are laid out in federal law, and a presidential order cannot override them, some lawyers and energy analysts have said.

Under Section 401 of the Clean Water Act, companies must obtain certifications from the state before they can build federally-approved infrastructure, like pipelines, within that state’s borders...............................

Read more: https://www.cnbc.com/2019/04/10/trump-aims-to-prevent-states-from-blocking-pipelines-infrastructure.html

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Trump travels to TX to sign this!

Link to tweet

Trump's executive order paves a smooth path for oil pipelines
The two orders are aimed at cutting "unnecessary red tape" for energy companies.
https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/trumps-executive-order-paves-smooth-path-oil-pipelines/story?id=62306607




By Meridith McGraw and Tessa Weinberg Crosby, Texas — Apr 10, 2019 5:58 PM

In the latest move by the Trump administration to boost fossil fuels and cut back on regulations, President Donald Trump announced two executive orders on Wednesday that are aimed at cutting "unnecessary red tape" for American energy companies by making it difficult for states to block projects by using the Clean Water Act.

"My action today will cut through destructing permitting delays and denials," Trump said at the International Union of Operating Engineers International Training and Education Center in Crosby, Texas.


Advocacy groups have expressed concern over the executive orders..............................

[Chin music]

1. So...wind and solar too???

[Fred Sandman]

13. Not worry, another illegal act by a frustrated and failing dictator. Judges, your thing.

[machoneman]

15. Yep! Won't stand a chance...even in red states.

Why? Even RS's won't allow the Feds to take away their rights.

Doubt it?

Think about the next Democratic President and what she could do to a RS's authority.

[sinkingfeeling]

2. When does it become mandatory to say, 'Heil, Trump'?

[ancianita]

3. This lizard prez's "permit" is another dictator move.

[JDC]

4. The party of State's Rights ladies and Gentlemen

[Evolve Dammit]

5. We are under full assault. Gloves off. The planet needs us.

[dhill926]

6. any old monkeywrenchers still around....

[SWBTATTReg]

7. The rights of states will block this effort. Another feeble action on the part of rump...

to get around the rule of law and fellow US citizens & organizations opposed to these developments.

[bluestarone]

8. I REALLY REALLY REALLY hope your right!

These fuckers have to be stopped at all costs!

[Haggis for Breakfast]

14. Two words:

State Sovereignty.

[Honeycombe8]

9. I thought Republican was the big states' rights party? Guess not.

His dictatorship continues. He's chipping away at all protections for the rank and file citizen, one by one.

[kimbutgar]

10. I know here in California there is no friggin way that they will allow more oil and gas pipelines

The lawsuits and protests will make it more expensive for the oil companies to drill.

This is just red meat to his base.

[keithbvadu2]

11. Republicans used to complain about the use of EOs to legislate. Obviously they got over it.

Republicans used to complain about the use of EOs to legislate.

Obviously they got over it.

[DeminPennswoods]

12. Trump can issue all the EOs he wants, but fossil fuels

like coal are on the way out because of market forces. It's all natural gas and alternatives like wind, solar, hydro, etc.

Let me add, there's not much that will anger the average American more than messing with their personal property.

[Smackdown2019]

16. Mar-a-lago needs a pipeline running through hole 5

Mar-a-Lago Club needs some pipelines of sewage from city of palm beach. Kinda think about it, all the golf courses need the nearby municipal sewage districts put in some crappy pipe lines through the courses.... hitting all 18 holes!

[Karadeniz]

17. Using the clean water act to allow business to pollute isn't quite the purpose of the act.

Govt depts are supposed to behave in accordance with the purpose for which they were created.