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Trump revokes 2009 executive order geared towards protecting and restoring the Chesapeake Bay
Headline from WAVY Norfolk
PORTSMOUTH, Va. (WAVY) - President Donald Trump recently revoked a nearly 20-year-old executive order that was geared towards at restoring and protecting the Chesapeake Bay. Seventeen years ago, then-President Barack Obama signed the Chesapeake Bay Protection and Restoration executive order.
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President Donald Trump has revoked a 17-year-old federal order requiring federal, state and local governments work together to clean up Chesapeake Bay.
This article was originally published by the Chesapeake Bay Journal , an award-winning nonprofit news organization that has been covering environmental issues in the Bay region for more than 30 years. President Trump on Wednesday repealed a policy that has guided federal participation in Chesapeake …
President Donald Trump issued an executive order this week revoking an order that has mandated states and municipalities to contribute to improving the health of the Chesapeake Bay for 17 years, claiming the order allowed for unnecessary taxes, according to a White House news release.
PORTSMOUTH, Va. (WAVY) - President Donald Trump recently revoked a nearly 20-year-old executive order that was geared towards at restoring and protecting the Chesapeake Bay. Seventeen years ago, then-President Barack Obama signed the Chesapeake Bay Protection and Restoration executive order.
