Exactly what environmental protection is Trump rolling back?
The first line of the article.
Most people use the term "roll back" to refer to a reversal of something that was actually put into effect.
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2017/10/05/climate/trump...
The article also has concise descriptions of each change.
Here are a few (without the concise descriptions):
(Overturned) 3. Lifted a freeze on new coal leases on public lands
4. Canceled a requirement for oil and gas companies to report methane emissions
5. Revoked a rule that prevented coal companies from dumping mining debris into local streams
12. Repealed an Obama-era rule regulating royalties for oil, gas and coal
13. Withdrew guidance for federal agencies to include greenhouse gas emissions in environmental reviews
14. Relaxed the environmental review process for federal infrastructure projects
15. Announced intent to stop payments to the Green Climate Fund
22. Revoked directive for federal agencies to mitigate the environmental impacts of projects they approve
23. Directed agencies to stop using an Obama-era calculation of the “social cost of carbon”
(In progress) 26. Proposed repeal and replacement of the Clean Power Plan
27. Announced intent to withdraw the United States from the Paris climate agreement
28. Proposed rescinding a rule that protected tributaries and wetlands under the Clean Water Act
29. Reopened a review of fuel-efficiency standards for cars and trucks
32. Reviewing limits on toxic discharge from power plants into public waterways
33. Reviewing rules regulating coal ash waste from power plants
34. Reviewing emissions standards for new, modified and reconstructed power plants
35. Reviewing emissions rules for power plant start-ups, shutdowns and malfunctions
37. Announced plans to rescind water pollution regulations for fracking on federal and Indian lands
(In limbo) 45. Reviewing a rule limiting methane emissions at new oil and gas drilling sites
46. Put on hold rules aimed at cutting methane emissions from landfills
47. Proposed delay of rule limiting methane emissions on public lands
48. Delayed a lawsuit over a rule regulating airborne mercury emissions from power plants
51. Delayed compliance dates for federal building efficiency standards
(Changes reinstated after legal challenges) 1. Delayed by one year a compliance deadline for new ozone pollution standards, but later reversed course
2. Delayed publishing efficiency standards for household appliances
3. Reinstated rule limiting the discharge of mercury by dental offices into municipal sewers
Would you like more?
edit: No? One example was enough? But I had so much more. :(
The example you reference is modifying rules put in place just a few years ago, so at best it's an obviously mediocre example.
Why would I alter my comment to be in tune with what you want when I was responding to this:
>Exactly what environmental protection is Trump rolling back?
I asked for a concise description, I didn't ask you to modify your comment. Surely the environmental protection roll-backs will cause pollution problems (even if it's not of the scale that existed 30+ years ago). If it's too much to ask that you explain how your examples will cause meaningful environmental damage, and you don't want to provide such an elaboration, I understand.
Who was I commenting to? You or the user whose post my comment showed up under?
> So let's have all those examples
But that is not what you asked for. Try again, smarter not harder.