NY, WA Ready For A Fight As Shitstain Tries Blocking States From Using Clean Water Act Authority
President Donald Trump has signed an executive order designed to block states from using a provision of the Clean Water Act to delay or prevent big oil and coal projects such as a proposed coal export terminal in Longview on the Columbia River. The states of Washington and New York are vowing to block Trump.
"No amount of politicking will change the facts -- states have full authority under the Clean Water Act to protect our waters and ensure the health and safety over our people," Gov. Jay Inslee and AG Bob Ferguson said in a joint statement. "We will not allow this or any presidential administration to block us from exercising our authority lawfully and effectively."
Gov. Andrew Cuomo of New York described the Trump order as "a gross overreach of federal authority" and vowed to fight it "tooth and nail." The Empire State has denied a permit to the Constitution Pipeline, which would carry natural gas from Canada into New England.
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Washington in 2017 declined to issue a Clean Water Act permit for the Millennium Bulk Terminal, proposed as North America's largest coal export facility. The state cited water quality issues. The terminal would mean 75 acres of uncovered coal along banks of the Columbia River. State Public Lands Commissioner Hilary Franz cut loose at the President in a Facebook post, saying: "Last week, Trump said wind power causes cancer. Now he is trying to rewrite the rules that protect our environment and economy and force coal onto our state. I remain firm in saying NO to backwards-looking, dirty fossil fuel technologies like coal."
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https://www.seattlepi.com/local/politics/article/Washington-New-York-We-ll-fight-Trump-order-13760127.php
