TRUMP v. EARTH: EOs Gut State Laws, Nuke Regs?!

President Trump signed an Executive Order (EO) on April 8th, overriding state laws that oppose nuclear facilities such as radioactive waste dumps, atomic reactors, uranium mines, mills, enrichment, etc. For example, Texas and New Mexico have very hard-won state laws prohibiting highly radioactive waste Consolidated Interim Storage Facilities lacking the state’s consent. Then April 9th, Trump signed another EO “sunsetting” broad swaths of nuclear regulation, in as little as a year or several. E&E has reported “There’s lots of rumors about what terrible thing [Trump] wants to do on Earth Day, to just give everybody the middle finger,” said Center for Biological Diversity’s Brett Hartl. The launch of IRS investigations, or revocation of groups’ nonprofit status, are feared.