Popovich, N., Albeck-ripka, L., & Pierre-louis, K. (2019, June 2). 85 Environmental Rules Being Rolled Back Under Trump. Retrieved from https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2019/climate/trump-environment-rollbacks.html?mtrref=www.google.com&gwh=8686A81F1A6DCF9588CE90983AD3BA93&gwt=pay&assetType=REGIWALL.

 

Since he took office in 2016, President Donald Trump has made it one of the priorities of his administration to dismantle or weaken, Obama-era environmental protections. This article helpfully breaks down all 85 rules being rolled back into two categories: officially reversed, and still in progress. The laws and protections affected by the President range from protections on animals to water quality, infrastructure and planning, and much more.

 

This article was a good reminder of how relentless the Trump administration has been in harming the environment. It is important because a lot of the categories impacted by these rollbacks are overlooked and not given the proper coverage to spark public outrage. We have to remain diligent in our opposition to this dismantling because it has consequences that are far-reaching and seriously damaging not only environmentally, but as I learned from other news stories, culturally.