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elleng

(130,860 posts)
Mon Apr 3, 2017, 07:15 PM Apr 2017

The Supreme Court just ruled against Trump on the environment.

'The United States Supreme Court delivered a blow to the Trump administration, refusing today to consider pausing a case challenging an Obama-era EPA rule on water protections. The decision comes on the same day the Senate Judiciary Committee is set to vote on the confirmation of Neil Gorsuch, whom Trump appointed to succeed Justice Antonin Scalia (following Senate Republicans’ unprecedented blockade of Obama appointee Merrick Garland).

The rule implemented by Trump’s predecessor would allow the government to place restrictions on businesses and other development plans near small waterways, like ponds and streams. Before development could occur around these waterways, special permits would need to be granted by the Army Corps of Engineers, according to reporting from the Hill.'>>>

http://resistancereport.com/politics/supreme-court-just-ruled-trump-environment/

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