From Stream To Sky, Two Key Rollbacks Under The Trump Administration

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🗓️ 3 February 2020

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Summary

The Trump Administration has rolled back dozens of environmental regulations, which it regards as a burden to industry. Today on Short Wave, NPR National Desk correspondents Jeff Brady and Nathan Rott break down two — governing how the federal government regulates waterway pollution and emissions from coal-fired power plants.

Follow reporter Emily Kwong on Twitter @EmilyKwong1234, Nathan Rott @NathanRott, and Jeff Brady @JeffBradyNews. Email the show at [email protected].

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0:00.0	You're listening to Shortwave from NPR.
0:04.1	Emily Quang here, filling in for Maddie who's out against our advice, chasing waterfalls.
0:10.9	So last week, Scott Detro, and Pierce Politics correspondent, came on the podcast to talk
0:15.2	about climate change where the leading Democratic presidential candidates stand because, well,
0:20.5	today is the Iowa caucus.
0:22.7	And let's not forget they're all running against President Trump, who also came up in that
0:27.3	episode.
0:28.3	There's a pretty clear party disparity here.
0:30.3	The Trump administration just does not take climate change seriously.
0:34.6	And over those first three years as President Trump has really done everything he can to
0:38.6	dismantle everything that President Obama did to try to address climate change.
0:43.0	Not just climate change.
0:44.4	The Trump administration has rolled back or tried to dozens of environmental regulations,
0:49.7	which it regards as a burden to industry.
0:52.3	So today, we're turning our fancy shortwave microscope on that, not all of the rule changes
0:57.7	in rollbacks, but two specific ones.
1:00.1	And to help me, I've NPR correspondence Jeff Brady and Nate Rotte.
1:03.6	Hey.
1:04.6	Hey there.
1:05.6	Hey Emily.
1:06.6	Hi.
1:07.6	So, what are you here to talk about?
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