Trump proposes sweeping rollback of environmental oversight

By ELLEN KNICKMEYER
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump on Thursday proposed rolling back enforcement of a landmark environmental law, reducing federal oversight of many major projects, from pipelines to commercial development, to speed the approval process.
He said the United States cannot compete “if a bureaucratic system holds us back from building what we need.”
Trump outlined the proposed overhaul of the half-century old National Environmental Policy Act at the White House