Western Environmental Law Center: Trump Exploits Public Health & Racial Crises to Silence Public, Increase Pollution, Steamroll Vulnerable Communities
June 05, 2020
June 05, 2020
EUGENE, Oregon, June 5 -- The Western Environmental Law Center issued the following news release:
The president is expected to sign a far-reaching executive order under the guise of "economic emergency," exempting large, intrusive, highly polluting and destructive projects from public scrutiny and environmental guardrails in place since 1970 under the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA). Other laws, such as the Endangered Species Act, may be waived as well.
The president is expected to sign a far-reaching executive order under the guise of "economic emergency," exempting large, intrusive, highly polluting and destructive projects from public scrutiny and environmental guardrails in place since 1970 under the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA). Other laws, such as the Endangered Species Act, may be waived as well.