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lordsummerisle

(4,651 posts) Wed Jan 29, 2020, 09:04 AM Jan 2020

The Clean Water Act was a staggering bipartisan achievement. Now Trump is gutting it [View all]

theguardian.com

This is the single largest loss of clean water protections that America has ever seen – and the timing couldn’t be worse. It may be hard to remember these days, but the nation that led the world on to the stage of modern environmental protection was the United States.

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2020/jan/29/clean-water-act-bipartisan-trump

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The Clean Water Act was a staggering bipartisan achievement. Now Trump is gutting it [View all] lordsummerisle Jan 2020 OP

Everything Trump Touches Dies PJMcK Jan 2020 #1

Sadly that will also include Kaiserguy Jan 2020 #3

Trump is working on the destruction of America from the inside. Botany Jan 2020 #2

Yup. 2naSalit Jan 2020 #4

He is paying back Putin by trying to crash America. Botany Jan 2020 #5

+1 2naSalit Jan 2020 #7

Funny I can't get the link to work .... a must read ... I'll pmail it to you Botany Jan 2020 #8

It's the @ that breaks it. Saviolo Jan 2020 #16

Yup. But we're "snowflakes". MH1 Jan 2020 #10

Randy Newman wrote "Burn On" about Cleveland's Cuyahoga River LastLiberal in PalmSprings Jan 2020 #6

But.Her.Emails. :( MH1 Jan 2020 #9

i just don't understand this form of Executive orders RicROC Jan 2020 #11

This message was self-deleted by its author CrispyQ Jan 2020 #17

Not just any president--Nixon was a Republican. CaptYossarian Jan 2020 #22

They redefined what water is protected. Dishonest and disingenuous as hell. CrispyQ Jan 2020 #27

Much of what Trump does makes me think of the movie Elysium. Lonestarblue Jan 2020 #12

You are not wrong. CrispyQ Jan 2020 #20

Putin hates America, it's getting more obvious with every NoMoreRepugs Jan 2020 #13

Maybe he wants to be slumlord for an entire nation. CaptYossarian Jan 2020 #23

Sadness, my freshman year in college I did a paper on PL 92-500, the Clean Water Act. To allow c-rational Jan 2020 #14

Nah. The 1% will always have Perrier. CaptYossarian Jan 2020 #24

There should be ads targeting sportsmen/women everywhere Ferrets are Cool Jan 2020 #15

So shameful to gut the Clean Water Act that has been in force since the 1970s. GAH. nt iluvtennis Jan 2020 #18

Will Republicans ever wake up? Delmette2.0 Jan 2020 #19

I see Putin's name associated with this but who are the special interests here in the US that stand jalan48 Jan 2020 #21

The chemical and plastics manufacturers like Dow and Monsanto. CaptYossarian Jan 2020 #25

Thanks for this info. I think the knee jerk, "Putin's behind it all" answer is a mistake. It gives jalan48 Jan 2020 #26

When it comes to our fossil fools, I sometimes use OILgarchs. CaptYossarian Jan 2020 #28