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They say they work for the government to keep it from inhibiting the public’s freedom – particularly the freedom of giant businesses to operate with minimal taxes and regulation.
In August 2017, the Trump administration rolled back regulations that required the federal government to account for climate change and sea-level rise when building infrastructure. [260] Responding to a 2018 government-funded study which warned of potentially catastrophic climate change impacts , Trump said he had read part of the report but ...
This was repealed by the 1972 CWA, reducing the Corps' role in pollution control to the discharge of dredged or fill material. [98] [103] Federal Water Pollution Control Act of 1948 created a comprehensive set of water quality programs that also provided some financing for state and local governments. Enforcement was limited to interstate waters.
California lawmakers are among leaders in the U.S. in enacting climate change policy. [14] Starting in the early 2000s, several executive orders focused on climate change were signed by California governors. The California State Legislature has passed numerous bills to enact the changes and regulations that were necessary to meet the goals ...
The Environment Department will ask lawmakers in the 2025 legislative session to give the state the authority to oversee federal pollution discharge permits, a required step in the process, Maez ...
Fertilizer bans under threat. While no legislation has been filed, local governments and environmental advocacy groups fear the state could use this session to extend a pause on a tool used in an ...
Topsoil runoff from farm, central Iowa (2011). Water pollution in the United States is a growing problem that became critical in the 19th century with the development of mechanized agriculture, mining, and manufacturing industries—although laws and regulations introduced in the late 20th century have improved water quality in many water bodies. [1]
Lawmakers have sometimes found workarounds. Trump's 2017 tax cuts will expire at the end of 2025 to avoid increasing long-term budget deficits, for example, but Republicans will try to extend them.