I just read an article that was a few days old, but it was no less disturbing\u2026.
\u201cThe Trump administration, in twin actions to curb environmental regulations, moved to temporarily speed the construction of energy projects and to permanently weaken federal authority to issue stringent clean air and climate change rules.\u00a0
President Trump signed an executive order that calls on agencies to waive required environmental reviews of infrastructure projects to be built during the pandemic-driven economic crisis. At the same time, the Environmental Protection Agency has proposed a new rule that changes the way the agency uses cost-benefit analyses to enact Clean Air Act regulations, effectively limiting the strength of future air pollution controls.
Together, the actions signal that Mr. Trump intends to speed up his efforts to dismantle environmental regulations as the nation battles the coronavirus and a wave of unrest protesting the deaths of black Americans in Georgia, Minnesota and Kentucky\u2026.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
I know I\u2019ve quoted him before, but I\u2019m liking Theodore Roosevelt more and more as time goes by \u2014 obviously he didn\u2019t read the article, but if he had, he might have responded with one of his own quotes:
\u201cHere is your country. Cherish the natural wonders, cherish the natural resources, cherish the history and romance as a sacred heritage, for your children and your children\u2019s children. Do not let selfish men or greedy interests skin your country of its beauty, its riches or its romance.\u201d
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