Hurricane Harvey
Hurricane Harvey
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Trump Rescinded Obama's Flood-Risk Rule Weeks Before Hurricane Harvey Hit
Donald Trump signed away Obama-era flood standards just weeks before Hurricane Harvey hit Texas, in a bid to get infrastructure projects approved more quickly.
The rule, signed by former President Barack Obama in 2015, had not yet come into effect but aimed to make infrastructure more resilient to the effects of climate change, such as rising sea levels and flooding.
Those who backed Obama's rule believed they would make people safer by putting roads, bridges and other infrastructure on safer ground, NPR reported. But Trump rescinded the rule several weeks ago in an attempt to speed up the time it takes for infrastructure projects to be approved.
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- The Carnival of Absolute Cuntery continues!face_melter
- I mean what is it going to take to get rid of this clown? it just gets worse and worse.GM278
- only way he is going anywhere is if he is found to have committed a crime, and it gets repub support. which is not out of the question at all. repubs hate himCygnusZero4
- That crime part has about 50 check marks next to it and Mueller doesn't need Republicans in Congress to indict.CyBrainX