Under this administration a lot of regulatory changes have been made - and not for the benefit of the public, but rather to further corporate agendas (or to the detriment of the little person).

Trump has us hating what he is doing with his right hand - which we’re watching and commenting on, while his left hand (under his cabinet heads) is beating the hell out us.

Apparently they can do that. Organizations can sue to stop them but that takes time and money.

https://www.biologicaldiversity.org/news/press_releases/2018/border-wall-10-09-2018.php

"RIO GRANDE VALLEY, Texas— The Trump administration today announced that it will waive 28 laws to speed construction of gates and other border-wall infrastructure in Cameron County, Texas, including areas adjacent to a national wildlife refuge.

The waiver is intended to speed border-wall construction by sweeping aside laws that protect clean air, clean water, public lands and endangered wildlife. This is fourth time the Trump administration has used the REAL ID waiver.

“This adds insult to injury for Cameron County, where the government has already run roughshod over property owners and decimated the environment to build border walls,” said Laiken Jordahl, a borderlands campaigner at the Center for Biological Diversity. “Trump’s latest waiver continues to chip away at crucial protections for people and wildlife in the Rio Grande Valley. They deserve clean air, clean water and the same legal rights as everyone else in the country.”

The waiver, which is to take effect Wednesday, allows the U.S. Department of Homeland Security to waive bedrock environmental and public-health laws in 11 different areas totaling 6.6 miles. Some of these segments are adjacent to the Lower Rio Grande National Wildlife Refuge and other nature preserves. Other segments run through agricultural lands and communities."

Won't let me copy and paste the laws that are waived, for some reason. Sadly.

Laws waived:
1.The National Environmental Policy Act
2.The Endangered Species Act
3.The Clean Water Act
4.The National Historic Preservation Act
5.The Migratory Bird Treaty Act
6.The Migratory Bird Conservation Act
7.The Clean Air Act
8.The Archeological Resources Protection Act
9.The Paleontological Resources Preservation Act
10.The Federal Cave Resources Protection Act
11.The Safe Drinking Water Act
12.The Noise Control Act
13.The Solid Waste Disposal Act
14.The Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act
15.The Archaeological and Historic Preservation Act
16.The Antiquities Act
17.The Historic Sites, Buildings, and Antiquities Act
18.The Farmland Protection Policy Act
19.The Coastal Zone Management Act
20.The Federal Land Policy and Management Act
21.The National Wildlife Refuge System Administration Act
22.The National Fish and Wildlife Act
23.The Fish and Wildlife Coordination Act
24.The Administrative Procedure Act
25.The River and Harbors Act
26.The Eagle Protection Act
27.The Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act
28.The American Indian Religious Freedom Act

This cannot be allowed to continue, he's going to cause an ecological disaster.

and why can't I copy the url for the article? although I can share it, I think, there's a FB icon at top.

I did it on my computer rather than my phone, so maybe that makes a difference.

He always lies

We know that "vegetation" really means "habitat" for native flora and fauna.

Six miles along the Rio Grande.

parked near that butterfly preserve waiting to start destruction at a moment's notice.

If I could get there. I think I would be protesting with the folks down there, very much like the pipeline protests. Can't let them even start.

the entire planet is a stinking stew of sh t except for a few walled oligarch zones.

with the state's high-speed rail project (that Gov Newsom effectively killed this week). The state was sued for exempting itself from environmental review requirements and the courts determined that it had to abide by the same requirements as everyone else in the state.

There was a thread here:

https://www.democraticunderground.com/100210493898