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  • Trump Rescinded Obama's Flood Risk Rules Before Harvey (Here it comes)

    08/28/2017 4:48:35 AM PDT · by raybbr · 45 replies
    YahooNews ^ | August 27, 2017 | Harriet Sinclair
    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 rules 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would make people safer by putting roads, bridges and other infrastructure on safer ground, NPR reported, but Trump rescinded the rule several weeks ago in an attempt to speed up the time it...