E.P.A. Moves to Rescind Contested Water Pollution Regulation. Trump supports more pollution of drinking water to boost corporate profits.

The Trump administration on Tuesday took a major legal step toward repealing a bitterly contested Obama-era regulation designed to limit pollution in about 60 percent of the nation’s bodies of water.

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/06/27/climate/epa-rescind-water-pollution-regulation.html

EPA’s New Water Safety Official Is a Lobbyist With Deep Ties to the Dakota Access Pipeline.

Dennis Lee Forsgren, a former lobbyist recently tapped to lead the Environmental Protection Agency office in charge of water safety, has deep ties to a fossil fuel advocacy group engaged in the promotion of the Dakota Access Pipeline as well as controversial offshore drilling efforts.

https://theintercept.com/2017/06/28/epas-new-water-safety-official-is-a-lobbyist-with-deep-ties-to-the-dakota-access-pipeline/

Anti Environmental Protection Lobbyists now run the EPA