Trump Moves To Kill The Environmental Magna Carta
Administration officials just filed a rule to defang the 1970 National Environmental Policy Act — the statute that lets communities protect themselves from polluters.
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Administration officials just filed a rule to defang the 1970 National Environmental Policy Act — the statute that lets communities protect themselves from polluters.
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