Headline Roundup • August 15th, 2017
Are Building Standards Too Restrictive?
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Reuters
U.S. President Donald Trump will revoke an Obama-era executive order on Tuesday that required strict building standards for government-funded projects to reduce exposure to increased flooding from sea level rise, sources said.
New York Times (News)
President Trump will sign an executive order on Tuesday to roll back standards that demanded the federal government account for climate change and sea-level rise when building new infrastructure, the White House confirmed.
MODERNIZING AN OUTDATED SYSTEM: The old system for completing environmental reviews was fragmented, inefficient, and unpredictable to the American people.
The Federal Government currently lacks a system for tracking the costs of the environmental review and permitting process for major infrastructure projects.
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