CLIMATE CHANGE/EPA/OBAMA EXEC ORDERS/TRUMP EXEC ORDERS: ” ‘Restoring the Rule of Law, Federalism, and Economic Growth by Reviewing the *Waters of the U.S.* Rule’
The order calls on federal agencies to revise a regulation put in place by former president Barack Obama called the Clean Water Rule. Signed in 2015, the rule expanded the number of bodies of water protected by the federal government to include streams, ponds and smaller waterways.
Trump’s order directs the administrator of the EPA and the assistant secretary of the Army for Civil Works to review the rule and propose a new one that either eliminates or revises Obama’s rule.”
-Avalon Zoppo, Amanda Proenca Santos, and Jackson Hudgins, “Here’s the Full List of Donald Trump’s Executive Orders,” NBC News, Oct 17, 2017 11:58am