US officials drop mining cleanup rule after industry objects

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Source: AP

BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — President Donald Trump’s administration announced Friday that it won’t require mining companies to prove they have the financial wherewithal to clean up their pollution, despite an industry legacy of abandoned mines that have fouled waterways across the U.S.

The move came after mining groups and Western-state Republicans pushed back against a proposal under former President Barack Obama to make companies set aside money for future cleanup costs.

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Scott Pruitt said modern mining practices and state and federal rules already in place adequately address the risks from mines that are still operating.

Requiring more from mining companies was unnecessary, Pruitt said, and “would impose an undue burden on this important sector of the American economy and rural America, where most of these jobs are based.”

Read more: https://www.apnews.com/cb2e928657fa44379b3ed696b492d40e/US-officials-drop-mining-cleanup-rule-after-industry-objects

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Yeah I am sure nothing will go wrong.

[logosoco]

1. Despicable!!!

I am 53 years old and still can't really get used to the fact that we are in the 2000s, much less this far in. But in no way do I think we are in or should go back to the early 1900s, and that is exactly where this administration is taking the country.

[sakabatou]

2. Republicans are going to kill us

[dalton99a]

3. New EPA mission statement: "Pollution strengthens the body and builds character"

[burrowowl]

4. More giveaways!

[Judi Lynn]

5. Pure evil. These people have to leave, as soon as possible. n/t