“They drove by, and you just couldn’t breathe.”Over three decades, the ash dump grew into a hill five stories high. Townspeople regard the Environmental Protection Agency as the only source of serious environmental enforcement. Around the country, the EPA under Trump is delegating a widening range of public health and environmental enforcement to states, saying local officials know best how to deal with local problems. They see routine environmental enforcement as a threat to business and jobs. Congressional Democrats allege Trump is selective in his passion for state sovereignty and has blocked states that want tighter environmental enforcement.

Source: National Post May 20, 2019 04:07 UTC