Sojourner00
MAGA-Trump are destroying all good things.
From the Chesapeake Bay Foundation: The massive sewage spill in the Potomac River. Jet fuel in the James. Stormwater overflows in the Patapsco. The news lately is a sad reminder that water pollution is happening all the time. But it shouldn't be.
At the same time, the Trump administration is actively rolling back critical environmental and climate protections. Here are the facts:
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The Trump administration proposed a 90 percent cut to the Clean Water State Revolving Fund. This program helps pay for critical upgrades to aging infrastructure to prevent raw sewage from winding up in our rivers.
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A month after the Potomac spill, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, which is responsible for oversight of DC Water, has yet to get involved in any meaningful way. The Potomac wake-up call should spark action to fund the major, ongoing investments needed to modernize wastewater systems across the nation.
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Show threadSojourner00Mar 9
Last month, the administration announced it had completed its repeal of the landmark finding that greenhouse gases and climate change pose a threat to the public and the environment. By abandoning climate change protections, the Trump administration is washing its hands of our basic rights to clean air and clean water