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environmental laws waived to build wall
dated information but a reminder of how callus some people are
The waiver is intended to speed border-wall construction by sweeping aside laws that protect clean air, clean water, public lands and endangered wildlife. This is fourth time the Trump administration has used the REAL ID waiver.
“This adds insult to injury for Cameron County, where the government has already run roughshod over property owners and decimated the environment to build border walls,” said Laiken Jordahl, a borderlands campaigner at the Center for Biological Diversity. “Trump’s latest waiver continues to chip away at crucial protections for people and wildlife in the Rio Grande Valley. They deserve clean air, clean water and the same legal rights as everyone else in the country.”
“This adds insult to injury for Cameron County, where the government has already run roughshod over property owners and decimated the environment to build border walls,” said Laiken Jordahl, a borderlands campaigner at the Center for Biological Diversity. “Trump’s latest waiver continues to chip away at crucial protections for people and wildlife in the Rio Grande Valley. They deserve clean air, clean water and the same legal rights as everyone else in the country.”
https://www.biologicaldiversity.org/news/press_releases/2018/border-wall-10-09-2018.php
Laws waived:
1.The National Environmental Policy Act
2.The Endangered Species Act
3.The Clean Water Act
4.The National Historic Preservation Act
5.The Migratory Bird Treaty Act
6.The Migratory Bird Conservation Act
7.The Clean Air Act
8.The Archeological Resources Protection Act
9.The Paleontological Resources Preservation Act
10.The Federal Cave Resources Protection Act
11.The Safe Drinking Water Act
12.The Noise Control Act
13.The Solid Waste Disposal Act
14.The Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act
15.The Archaeological and Historic Preservation Act
16.The Antiquities Act
17.The Historic Sites, Buildings, and Antiquities Act
18.The Farmland Protection Policy Act
19.The Coastal Zone Management Act
20.The Federal Land Policy and Management Act
21.The National Wildlife Refuge System Administration Act
22.The National Fish and Wildlife Act
23.The Fish and Wildlife Coordination Act
24.The Administrative Procedure Act
25.The River and Harbors Act
26.The Eagle Protection Act
27.The Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act
28.The American Indian Religious Freedom Act
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Let alone the health and well being of humans and wildlife on this planet. 
