States move to roll back environmental rules in Trump’s wake

WASHINGTON — Emboldened by the environmental rollbacks of President Donald Trump, state legislatures are following suit, taking aim at items as varied as solar incentives, chemical spill protections and even anti-pipeline protesters.

The legislation in states from Florida to Wisconsin comes as the Environmental Protection Agency under Trump argues that it can curtail federal regulations, leaving it up to states to decide how to protect against pollution. Shifting the burden to state capitals allows industry lobbyists to divide and conquer their foes, pitting one state’s deregulation against another’s.

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Ken Notes: I did mention seven or eight years ago the inherent dangers of environmental policy being a partisan issue. I have no desire to say I told you so but I do think we need to move together to make real policy that last well into the future because the ying yang approach is not working....