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Trump orders US infrastructure projects to ignore Obama-era climate risk rules

BusinessGreen staff

16 August 2017 •

Trump orders US infrastructure projects to ignore Obama-era climate risk rules

President says projects will still need to meet 'environmental safeguards', as he rolls back rules designed to limit flooding and sea level risks

As the world attempted to process the sight of a US president expressing sympathy for marchers at a neo-Nazi rally, Donald Trump yesterday unveiled a fresh executive order designed to minimise the extent...

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