You turn to us for voices you won't hear anywhere else.

Sign up for Democracy Now!'s Daily Digest to get our latest headlines and stories delivered to your inbox every day.

President Trump Guts Landmark Environmental Law to Speed Infrastructure Projects

HeadlineJul 16, 2020

President Trump on Wednesday unilaterally rolled back the 50-year-old National Environmental Policy Act, speeding up approval for federal projects like pipelines, highways and waste incinerators. Environmental groups immediately promised legal challenges. In a statement, Greenpeace USA said, “The Trump administration’s anti-environment agenda is a racist agenda. Dismantling NEPA is a blatant attempt to silence the working class communities of color who are resisting the expansion of fossil fuel infrastructure into their communities.”

The original content of this program is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 3.0 United States License. Please attribute legal copies of this work to democracynow.org. Some of the work(s) that this program incorporates, however, may be separately licensed. For further information or additional permissions, contact us.

Non-commercial news needs your support

We rely on contributions from our viewers and listeners to do our work.
Please do your part today.
Make a donation
Top